On 01-07-2021 11:41, Jim Jackson wrote:
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> On Thu, 1 Jul 2021, terryc wrote:
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>> On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 09:46:02 +0100 (BST)
>> Jim Jackson <jj@???> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2021, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
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>>>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:12:28 +0100 (BST), Jim wrote in message
>>>> <alpine.DEB.2.21.2106282312080.2360@???>:
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>>>>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, tempforever wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim Jackson wrote:
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>>>>>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, ael wrote:
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>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 01:11:20PM +0100, Jim Jackson wrote:
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>>>>>> 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....
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>> FWIW, I "aptitude search stuff" all the time, because it is the easiest
>> search phrase to rember.
>>
Have you tried to download the apt or aptitude package (from
packages.debian.org or similar from devuan.org) and to install it with
dpkg -i

Grtz

Nick