libmapnik2-dev software package provides C++/Python toolkit for developing GIS applications (dummy), 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 libmapnik2-dev
libmapnik2-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libmapnik2-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libmapnik2-dev *
You will get with libmapnik2-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libmapnik2-dev |
| Version | 2.2.0+ds1-6build2 |
| Description | C++/Python toolkit for developing GIS applications (dummy) |
| Sub Section | libdevel |