openssl software package provides Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility, 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 openssl
openssl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the openssl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep openssl *
You will get with openssl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | openssl |
| Version | 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.21 [amd64, i38 |
| Description | Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility |
| Sub Section | Utils |