When trying to deal with an error I accidentally deleted the /usr/bin/dpkg file and now I can't install packages anymore.
I'm still pretty new to linux so I'm not sure what I'm doing. Please help.
I use 20.04.2 LTS
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What is your Ubuntu version? – N0rbert Mar 05 '21 at 20:32
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@N0rbert 20.04.2 LTS – Mar 05 '21 at 20:34
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1See here: [Lost/Deleted dpkg (package manager for Debian). How do I get it back?](https://askubuntu.com/a/845965/178692) – steeldriver Mar 05 '21 at 20:34
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You have to manually download its package and get executable from it by
cd ~/Download
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.19.7ubuntu3_amd64.deb
ar x dpkg_1.19.7ubuntu3_amd64.deb
tar -xf data.tar.xz
sudo cp usr/bin/dpkg /usr/bin/dpkg
And then reinstall it for sure by sudo apt-get install --reinstall dpkg .
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It might be worth noting that the downloaded `dpkg` version should match with your current Ubuntu release ... So probably try using `apt download dpkg` instead to automatically download the correct version given you have the correct repositories list. – Raffa Jun 29 '23 at 15:11