rootskel software package provides Skeleton root filesystem used by debian-installer, 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 rootskel
rootskel is installed in your system.
Make ensure the rootskel package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep rootskel *
You will get with rootskel package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | debian-installer udeb packages |
| Package | rootskel |
| Version | 1.107ubuntu1 |
| Description | Skeleton root filesystem used by debian-installer |
| Sub Section | Debian-installer |