libdb4.4-ruby1.8 software package provides transitional package for ruby-bdb, 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 libdb4.4-ruby1.8
libdb4.4-ruby1.8 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libdb4.4-ruby1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libdb4.4-ruby1.8 *
You will get with libdb4.4-ruby1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Old Libraries |
| Package | libdb4.4-ruby1.8 |
| Version | 0.6.5-7 |
| Description | transitional package for ruby-bdb |
| Sub Section | oldlibs |