libfreetype6 software package provides FreeType 2 font engine, shared library 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 libfreetype6
libfreetype6 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libfreetype6 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libfreetype6 *
You will get with libfreetype6 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | libfreetype6 |
| Version | 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files |
| Sub Section | libs |