rtl-sdr software package provides Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (tools), 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 rtl-sdr
rtl-sdr is installed in your system.
Make ensure the rtl-sdr package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep rtl-sdr *
You will get with rtl-sdr package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | rtl-sdr |
| Version | 0.5.2.7.3ab6-1 |
| Description | Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (tools) |
| Sub Section | libs |