magit software package provides Emacs interface for Git, 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 magit
magit is installed in your system.
Make ensure the magit package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep magit *
You will get with magit package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Development |
| Package | magit |
| Version | 1.2.0-2 |
| Description | Emacs interface for Git |
| Sub Section | devel |