libapt-pkg-dev software package provides development files for APTs libapt-pkg and libapt-inst, 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 libapt-pkg-dev
libapt-pkg-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libapt-pkg-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libapt-pkg-dev *
You will get with libapt-pkg-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libapt-pkg-dev |
| Version | 1.0.1ubuntu2.13 [amd64, i386], |
| Description | development files for APTs libapt-pkg and libapt-inst |
| Sub Section | libdevel |