libcairo-ruby1.8 software package provides Transitional package for ruby-cairo, 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 libcairo-ruby1.8
libcairo-ruby1.8 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libcairo-ruby1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcairo-ruby1.8 *
You will get with libcairo-ruby1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | libcairo-ruby1.8 |
| Version | 1.10.0-3 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-cairo |
| Sub Section | libs |