libpacket-ruby1.8 software package provides Transitional package for ruby-packet, 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 libpacket-ruby1.8
libpacket-ruby1.8 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libpacket-ruby1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libpacket-ruby1.8 *
You will get with libpacket-ruby1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Ruby |
| Package | libpacket-ruby1.8 |
| Version | 0.1.15-5 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-packet |
| Sub Section | Ruby |