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Installing ruby1.8 failed (unable to access dpkg)

I was trying to install ruby on my remote server(this is a vm machine(debian) in a esxi server . ) I got this error: The Command: sudo apt-get install ruby1.8 Error : W: Not using locking for read ...
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Install packages through apt-get or gem?

If a package is available both through apt-get and gem, which one should I choose? I'm on Ubuntu and I don't know if I should install rake through apt-get or gem. I use both apt-get and gem packages ...