How to install synapse in Ubuntu 14.04

Solution 1:

synapse is not available for Ubuntu 14.04 . But you can install it by adding Synapse core team PPA.

To install synapse in Ubuntu 14.04, open terminal and type

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:synapse-core/ppa 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install synapse

It should install synapse in your system.

EDIT

synapse is now available in Ubuntu Universe repository (See here). To install it you need to enable the universe repository . Enable it using

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get update

and then install synapse using

sudo apt-get install synapse

However above PPA can be used to get the latest version of synapse

Solution 2:

sudo apt install synapse works out of the box for Ubuntu 18.04 for anyone wondering