python-cvxopt software package provides Python package for convex optimization, 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-cvxopt
python-cvxopt is installed in your system.
Make ensure the python-cvxopt package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep python-cvxopt *
You will get with python-cvxopt package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Python |
| Package | python-cvxopt |
| Version | 1.1.4-1.2 |
| Description | Python package for convex optimization |
| Sub Section | Python |