pscan software package provides Format string security checker for C files, 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 pscan
pscan is installed in your system.
Make ensure the pscan package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pscan *
You will get with pscan package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | pscan |
| Version | 1.2-9 |
| Description | Format string security checker for C files |
| Sub Section | misc |