libieee1284-3-dev software package provides cross-platform library for parallel port access [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 libieee1284-3-dev
libieee1284-3-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libieee1284-3-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libieee1284-3-dev *
You will get with libieee1284-3-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libieee1284-3-dev |
| Version | 0.2.11-12 |
| Description | cross-platform library for parallel port access [development files] |
| Sub Section | libdevel |