kicad-common software package provides Common files used by kicad, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install kicad-common
kicad-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the kicad-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kicad-common *
You will get with kicad-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Electronics |
| Package | kicad-common |
| Version | 0.20131208+bzr4024-1 |
| Description | Common files used by kicad |
| Sub Section | Electronics |