pigz software package provides Parallel Implementation of GZip, 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 pigz
pigz is installed in your system.
Make ensure the pigz package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pigz *
You will get with pigz package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | pigz |
| Version | 2.3-2 |
| Description | Parallel Implementation of GZip |
| Sub Section | Utils |