recode software package provides Character set conversion utility, 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 recode
recode is installed in your system.
Make ensure the recode package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep recode *
You will get with recode package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | recode |
| Version | 3.6-21 |
| Description | Character set conversion utility |
| Sub Section | Text |