libgit2-dev software package provides low-level Git library (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 libgit2-dev
libgit2-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgit2-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgit2-dev *
You will get with libgit2-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libgit2-dev |
| Version | 0.19.0-2 |
| Description | low-level Git library (development files) |
| Sub Section | libdevel |