mysql gem for rails not getting installed on ubuntu 14.04

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sony@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install libmysql-ruby libmysqlclient-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package libmysql-ruby sony@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: libmysqlclient-dev : Depends: libmysqlclient18 (= 5.5.35+dfsg-1ubuntu1) but 5.5.41-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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mysql gem has been inactive for the past 2 years. I recommend you to use postgresql instead - rubygems.org/gems/pg – Sri Harsha Kappala

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sudo apt-get install ruby-mysql