libgeos-dev software package provides Geometry engine for GIS - 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 libgeos-dev
libgeos-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgeos-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgeos-dev *
You will get with libgeos-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libgeos-dev |
| Version | 3.4.2-4ubuntu1 |
| Description | Geometry engine for GIS - Development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |