pandoc software package provides general markup converter, 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 pandoc
pandoc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the pandoc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pandoc *
You will get with pandoc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | pandoc |
| Version | 1.12.2.1-1build2 |
| Description | general markup converter |
| Sub Section | Text |