ptex-jtex software package provides ASCII jTeX with pTeX, 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 ptex-jtex
ptex-jtex is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ptex-jtex package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ptex-jtex *
You will get with ptex-jtex package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | TeX |
| Package | ptex-jtex |
| Version | 1.7+1-14 |
| Description | ASCII jTeX with pTeX |
| Sub Section | TeX |