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CottonTheButton
Asked: 2018-05-26 01:30:08 +0800 CST

Problems with package managers (aptitude and apt) [duplicate]

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My problems in Aptitude: I keep getting this error

E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/http could not be found. W: Is the package apt-transport-http installed? And I can't update anything, if I'm installing I get this:

E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/http could not be found.
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/http could not be found.

or sometimes this with the log above: 

E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download

And when I installed Aptitude just earlier, it uninstalled apt.

My problems with apt:

Sometimes, I can't use sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade.

I forgot the rest because I can't do it again because Aptitude uninstalled it. PLEASE HELP ME!

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Reinstall apt package with one of the methods below:

    • method 1 (if aptitude is alive)

      sudo aptitude install apt

    • method 2 (if apt-get is alive)

      cd ~/Downloads
apt-get download apt
sudo dpkg -i apt*.deb

    • method 3 (using wget and dpkg)

      cd ~/Downloads
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/a/apt/apt_1.6.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-all apt*.deb

    Then use apt-get as before:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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