libshp-dev software package provides Library for reading and writing ArcView Shapefiles - 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 libshp-dev
libshp-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libshp-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libshp-dev *
You will get with libshp-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libshp-dev |
| Version | 1.2.10-7 |
| Description | Library for reading and writing ArcView Shapefiles - development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |