libgettext-ruby1.8 software package provides Transitional package for ruby-gettext, 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 libgettext-ruby1.8
libgettext-ruby1.8 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgettext-ruby1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgettext-ruby1.8 *
You will get with libgettext-ruby1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Old Libraries |
| Package | libgettext-ruby1.8 |
| Version | 2.2.1-3 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-gettext |
| Sub Section | oldlibs |