python-mapnik software package provides C++/Python toolkit for developing GIS applications (Python), 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-mapnik
python-mapnik is installed in your system.
Make ensure the python-mapnik package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep python-mapnik *
You will get with python-mapnik package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Python |
| Package | python-mapnik |
| Version | 2.2.0+ds1-6build2 |
| Description | C++/Python toolkit for developing GIS applications (Python) |
| Sub Section | Python |