dpkg-ruby software package provides Transitional package for ruby-debian, 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 dpkg-ruby
dpkg-ruby is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dpkg-ruby package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dpkg-ruby *
You will get with dpkg-ruby package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Ruby |
| Package | dpkg-ruby |
| Version | 0.3.8 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-debian |
| Sub Section | Ruby |