root-tail software package provides Displays select log files in the X root window, 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 root-tail
root-tail is installed in your system.
Make ensure the root-tail package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep root-tail *
You will get with root-tail package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | X Window System software |
| Package | root-tail |
| Version | 1.2-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | Displays select log files in the X root window |
| Sub Section | x11 |