netcat-openbsd software package provides TCP/IP swiss army knife, 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 netcat-openbsd
netcat-openbsd is installed in your system.
Make ensure the netcat-openbsd package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep netcat-openbsd *
You will get with netcat-openbsd package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Network |
| Package | netcat-openbsd |
| Version | 1.105-7ubuntu1 |
| Description | TCP/IP swiss army knife |
| Sub Section | Net |