libferret-ruby1.8 software package provides Transitional package for ruby-ferret, 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 libferret-ruby1.8
libferret-ruby1.8 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libferret-ruby1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libferret-ruby1.8 *
You will get with libferret-ruby1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Old Libraries |
| Package | libferret-ruby1.8 |
| Version | 0.11.8.4+debian-2 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-ferret |
| Sub Section | oldlibs |