readline-common software package provides GNU readline and history libraries, common files, 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 readline-common
readline-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the readline-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep readline-common *
You will get with readline-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | readline-common |
| Version | 6.3-4ubuntu2 |
| Description | GNU readline and history libraries, common files |
| Sub Section | Utils |