publib-dev software package provides library of miscellaneous C functions, 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 publib-dev
publib-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the publib-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep publib-dev *
You will get with publib-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | publib-dev |
| Version | 0.40-1 |
| Description | library of miscellaneous C functions |
| Sub Section | libdevel |