libsdl2-dev software package provides Simple DirectMedia Layer 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 libsdl2-dev
libsdl2-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libsdl2-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libsdl2-dev *
You will get with libsdl2-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libsdl2-dev |
| Version | 2.0.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | Simple DirectMedia Layer development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |