Install apt package in ubuntu 12.04

Question

I have mistakenly removed the default package APT from my system .

When I run command locate apt-get, I get below output:

/home/jeet/apt-get
/home/jeet/Desktop/apt/apt-0.7.25.3ubuntu9.13/cmdline/apt-get.cc
/home/jeet/Desktop/apt/apt-0.7.25.3ubuntu9.13/doc/apt-get.8.xml
/home/jeet/Desktop/apt/apt-0.7.25.3ubuntu9.13/doc/de/apt-get.de.8
/home/jeet/Desktop/apt/apt-0.7.25.3ubuntu9.13/doc/fr/apt-get.fr.8
/home/jeet/Desktop/apt/apt-0.7.25.3ubuntu9.13/doc/ja/apt-get.ja.8
/home/jeet/Downloads/apt-get
/home/jeet/Downloads/apt-get.8.gz
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/apt-get
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/slapt-get

If I run ls | grep apt-get, then I won't get any output.

Can anybody please advice how to recover apt package or install it from start?

Solution 1

You can download the apt .deb package, depending on your system, from the following locations. Once downloaded, open a terminal(Ctrl-Alt-t) and run the appropriate commands indicated below.

Downloading apt for 12.04:

The 32-bit version of apt can be downloaded here.

To install:

sudo dpkg -i apt_0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10_i386.deb

For the 64-bit version: download here

To install:

sudo dpkg -i apt_0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10_amd64.deb

Downloading apt for 12.10:

The 32-bit version of apt can be downloaded here.

To install:

sudo dpkg -i apt_0.9.7.5ubuntu5.4_i386.deb

For the 64-bit version: download here.

To install:

sudo dpkg -i apt_0.9.7.5ubuntu5.4_amd64.deb

Solution 2

You can install it from Ubuntu Software Center.

Enter apt in the search box, it should come-up as the first option, simply install it.

Comments

[pfeiffep]

Simplistic!! and thorough

[Requist]

I fail to see what this answer adds to the one already given?