octave-sundials software package provides SUNDIALS for octave, 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 octave-sundials
octave-sundials is installed in your system.
Make ensure the octave-sundials package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep octave-sundials *
You will get with octave-sundials package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | octave-sundials |
| Version | 2.5.0-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | SUNDIALS for octave |
| Sub Section | libs |