dovecot-common software package provides Transitional package for dovecot, you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dovecot-common
dovecot-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dovecot-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dovecot-common *
You will get with dovecot-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Old Libraries |
| Package | dovecot-common |
| Version | 1:2.1.7-7+deb7u1 |
| Description | Transitional package for dovecot |
| Sub Section | oldlibs |