rsyslog software package provides reliable system and kernel logging daemon, 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 rsyslog
rsyslog is installed in your system.
Make ensure the rsyslog package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep rsyslog *
You will get with rsyslog package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | rsyslog |
| Version | 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | reliable system and kernel logging daemon |
| Sub Section | Admin |