libdpkg-ruby1.8 software package provides Transitional package for ruby-debian, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libdpkg-ruby1.8
libdpkg-ruby1.8 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libdpkg-ruby1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libdpkg-ruby1.8 *
You will get with libdpkg-ruby1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Interpreters |
| Package | libdpkg-ruby1.8 |
| Version | 0.3.8build2 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-debian |
| Sub Section | Interpreters |