On Thu, 1 Jul 2021, terryc wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 09:46:02 +0100 (BST)
> Jim Jackson <jj@???> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Jun 2021, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:12:28 +0100 (BST), Jim wrote in message
> > > <alpine.DEB.2.21.2106282312080.2360@???>:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, tempforever wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Jim Jackson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, ael wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 01:11:20PM +0100, Jim Jackson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > If not, can anyone tell where I can get the devuan libapt-pkg5.0
> > > > > package file?
> > >
> > > ..try "aptitude update &&aptitude download libapt-pkg5.0 \
> > > &&ll |grep libapt-pkg ".
> > >
> >
> > I don't have aptitude installed :-(
>
> Err try sudo "apt-get install aptitude"

Err... that's the problem with quoting the original problem :-)

# apt-get
apt-get: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0:
symbol
_ZN3URIcvNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEB5cxx11Ev
version APTPKG_5.0 not defined in file libapt-pkg.so.5.0 with link time
reference

# apt
apt: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-private.so.0.0:
symbol
_ZN3URIcvNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEEB5cxx11Ev
version APTPKG_5.0 not defined in file libapt-pkg.so.5.0 with link time
reference

After a restore of a backup with saving capabilities or extended attributes
apt and apt-get are not functioning. Which is where I came in....


> FWIW, I "aptitude search stuff" all the time, because it is the easiest
> search phrase to rember.
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