python-apt software package provides Python interface to libapt-pkg, 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 python-apt
python-apt is installed in your system.
Make ensure the python-apt package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep python-apt *
You will get with python-apt package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Python |
| Package | python-apt |
| Version | 0.9.3.5 |
| Description | Python interface to libapt-pkg |
| Sub Section | Python |