libcupt3-dev software package provides alternative front-end for dpkg -- development files, 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 libcupt3-dev
libcupt3-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libcupt3-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcupt3-dev *
You will get with libcupt3-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libcupt3-dev |
| Version | 2.6.4 |
| Description | alternative front-end for dpkg -- development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |