libelf-dev software package provides libelf1 development libraries and header 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 libelf-dev
libelf-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libelf-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libelf-dev *
You will get with libelf-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libelf-dev |
| Version | 0.158-0ubuntu5.2 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | libelf1 development libraries and header files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |