@M.V Bıçakçı i used your patch and it broke my update manager, synaptic and gdebi installer. i used force install since it is an i386 package and i am using 64 bit os. now can you tell me how to revert the changes back. if i type update manager in terminal i get this output: ~~ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 33, in from UpdateManager.UpdateManager import UpdateManager File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 38, in import apt File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 2, in import apt_pkg ImportError: libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 38, in apport_excepthook from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 1, in from apport.report import Report File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/report.py", line 21, in import fileutils File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 16, in from packaging_impl import impl as packaging File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 18, in import apt File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 2, in import apt_pkg ImportError: libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 33, in from UpdateManager.UpdateManager import UpdateManager File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 38, in import apt File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 2, in import apt_pkg ImportError: libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory if i type synaptic: ~~synaptic: error while loading shared libraries: libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory if i type gdebi: ~~Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/gdebi", line 29, in import apt File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 2, in import apt_pkg ImportError: libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 38, in apport_excepthook from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 1, in from apport.report import Report File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/report.py", line 21, in import fileutils File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 16, in from packaging_impl import impl as packaging File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 18, in import apt File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 2, in import apt_pkg ImportError: libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/gdebi", line 29, in import apt File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 2, in import apt_pkg ImportError: libapt-pkg-libc6.8-6.so.4.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Now how can i fix this?