libsox-fmt-alsa software package provides SoX alsa format I/O library, 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 libsox-fmt-alsa
libsox-fmt-alsa is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libsox-fmt-alsa package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libsox-fmt-alsa *
You will get with libsox-fmt-alsa package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | libsox-fmt-alsa |
| Version | 14.4.1-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | SoX alsa format I/O library |
| Sub Section | Sound |