lua-zlib-dev software package provides zlib development files for the Lua language, 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 lua-zlib-dev
lua-zlib-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the lua-zlib-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lua-zlib-dev *
You will get with lua-zlib-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | lua-zlib-dev |
| Version | 0.2+git+1+9622739-1 |
| Description | zlib development files for the Lua language |
| Sub Section | libdevel |