libmadlib-dev software package provides mesh adaptation library, 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 libmadlib-dev
libmadlib-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libmadlib-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libmadlib-dev *
You will get with libmadlib-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libmadlib-dev |
| Version | 1.3.0-2.1ubuntu1 |
| Description | mesh adaptation library |
| Sub Section | libdevel |