mdadm software package provides tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID), 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 mdadm
mdadm is installed in your system.
Make ensure the mdadm package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mdadm *
You will get with mdadm package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | mdadm |
| Version | 3.2.5-5ubuntu4 |
| Description | tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) |
| Sub Section | Admin |