libssl-dev software package provides Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - 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 libssl-dev
libssl-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libssl-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libssl-dev *
You will get with libssl-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libssl-dev |
| Version | 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.21 [amd64, i38 |
| Description | Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |