libamazonec2-ruby1.8 software package provides Transitional package for ruby-amazon-ec2, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libamazonec2-ruby1.8
libamazonec2-ruby1.8 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libamazonec2-ruby1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libamazonec2-ruby1.8 *
You will get with libamazonec2-ruby1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Ruby |
| Package | libamazonec2-ruby1.8 |
| Version | 0.9.17-2build1 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-amazon-ec2 |
| Sub Section | Ruby |