-bash: apt-get: command not found

Question

Over the course of uninstalling the HP/palm enyo SDK and installing node JS I somehow goofed up something (I think my path).

Now when I try use apt-get I get the following:

-bash: apt-get: command not found

I'm not really sure how to fix this. Here is my $PATH

/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Users/wesbos/local/node/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/opt/PalmSDK/0.1/bin/

Using OSX Lion but problem was persistent with Snow Leopard

Answer 1

The tool apt-get is not a part of the Apple OSX family of products, and as such should not be expected to be found on a typical installation. One can, however, install apt, as a front-end for dpkg, using MacPorts. How useful, or advisable this would actually be is left as an exercise to the reader. To install said packages, one should perform the following command sequence.

/opt/local/bin/port selfupdate
/opt/local/bin/port install dpkg
/opt/local/bin/port install apt

After this, you're on your own....

Answer 2

I don't like macports.. I prefer homebrew

http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/

Answer 3

Try to find the executable. The symlink may have been lost

    locate apt-get

or

    find / -name apt-get

You can then restore the symlink if it's found with

    ln -s /path/to/apt-get /usr/bin/apt-get