nova-common software package provides OpenStack Compute - common files, 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 nova-common
nova-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the nova-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep nova-common *
You will get with nova-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Network |
| Package | nova-common |
| Version | 1:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.1 |
| Description | OpenStack Compute - common files |
| Sub Section | Net |