loss of APT from laptop

wiliamvw · 02-12-2018, 05:23 PM

Using Uberstudent which based on Ubuntu [64 bit].
Somehow APT got deleted and so no apt-get.
Tried downloading the .deb file of APT, but after input [wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...u2.13_amd.deb] and told connected, got message: ERROR 404: NOT FOUND

Any suggestions greatly appreciated as dead in the water for download/install.

frankbell · 02-12-2018, 08:35 PM

What version of Uberstudent are you using?

I found this at Ubuntu. It might help: https://askubuntu.com/questions/3386...-deleted-by-me

BW-userx · 02-12-2018, 08:42 PM

http://uberstudent.com/get-uberstudent
returns,
Website Disabled

so I found this

Ubunututu reop apts search link. I have no idea what you'd need to install back into your system to get your apt-get to work again.
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?s...searchon=names

ondoho · 02-13-2018, 01:17 AM

the most important questions here are:
how could this have happened in the first place?
what else broke, that maybe you haven't noticed yet?

please save all your important files before proceeding to try to fox it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiliamvw

Tried downloading the .deb file of APT, but after input [wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...u2.13_amd.deb] and told connected, got message: ERROR 404: NOT FOUND

that's a clear error.
are you sure the apt .deb resides at that location?
if not, it shouldn't be too hard to find the new location. packages.ubuntu.com?

TxLonghorn · 02-13-2018, 06:30 AM

apt and aptitude are 2 different things, but both will install programs.
Ubuntu does not have aptitude. Uberstudent might have it (Mint does).
You can try:

Code:

sudo aptitude install apt

Stev8 · 02-15-2018, 08:02 PM

did a little searching

supposedly you can run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure apt
and its output would lead you to the problem

https://askubuntu.com/questions/6265...o-reinstall-it

wiliamvw · 02-20-2018, 01:59 PM

OK Stev8, your command got me this output: "processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-Oubuntu6.9)..."
Then back to a command prompt: wiliam@GO-4:-$ and so assume there may be a follow-up command to fix this problem with libc-bin; since I can't download anything, any fix will have to be via command line, so anyone with insight to this could further move things toward resolution.