libserial-dev software package provides Serial port programming in C++ -- 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 libserial-dev
libserial-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libserial-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libserial-dev *
You will get with libserial-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libserial-dev |
| Version | 0.6.0~rc1-0ubuntu4 |
| Description | Serial port programming in C++ -- development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |