micro-httpd software package provides really small HTTP server, 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 micro-httpd
micro-httpd is installed in your system.
Make ensure the micro-httpd package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep micro-httpd *
You will get with micro-httpd package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | micro-httpd |
| Version | 20051212-15 |
| Description | really small HTTP server |
| Sub Section | Web |