libhdf4-dev software package provides Hierarchical Data Format 4 library -- development package, 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 libhdf4-dev
libhdf4-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libhdf4-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libhdf4-dev *
You will get with libhdf4-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libhdf4-dev |
| Version | 4.2r10-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | Hierarchical Data Format 4 library -- development package |
| Sub Section | libdevel |