libsndfile1 software package provides Library for reading/writing audio 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 libsndfile1
libsndfile1 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libsndfile1 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libsndfile1 *
You will get with libsndfile1 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | libsndfile1 |
| Version | 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.1 [amd64, i386 |
| Description | Library for reading/writing audio files |
| Sub Section | libs |