pmake software package provides NetBSD make (transitional package), 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 pmake
pmake is installed in your system.
Make ensure the pmake package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pmake *
You will get with pmake package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Development |
| Package | pmake |
| Version | 20131001-4 |
| Description | NetBSD make (transitional package) |
| Sub Section | devel |