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Here are the steps to install /reinstall/upgrade the apt_pkg.

• Step 1: apt-get install python-apt

  First, for installing the Python-apt package, we’ll use apt-get.
  
  This command is for the Linux Operating System.
  type this command:
  
  “apt-get install python-apt“
  
  If you are not an administrator user, You should add sudo before this command.
  
  Then, it will ask for the password to enter and we can use this command.
  
  “sudo apt-get install python-apt”

• Step 2: sudo apt-get install python3-apt --reinstall

  There is no need to uninstall the existing python-apt package.
  
  However, we will use the following command to reinstall it.
  
  It will change the inappropriate version with the compatible or the latest one.
  Type this command:
  “udo apt-get install python3-apt –reinstall“

• Step 3:  Set at the location

  When we look at the development of this python-apt package.
  
  It is generally a “.so” file type.
  
  This is not accurately set at the location “/usr/lib/python3/dist-package”.
  
  We will use the following command by setting manually the file at the exact location.
  
  “/user/lib/python3/dist-packages# cp apt_pkg.cpython-34m-i386-linux-gnu.so apt_pkg.so“
  
  On the above command will copy the apt_pkg.cpython-34m-i386-linux-gnu.so to apt_pkg.so.
  
  The method below is also used to arrange files correctly.
  
  “cd /user/lib/python3/dist-packages sudo ln -s apt_pkg.cpython-{35m,34m}-x86_64-linux-gnu.so“

• Step 4: Solved the Error

  You only need to do that.
  
  Here, we’ve mostly discussed about how to solve the error mentioned above.
  
  The first one will help with package installation, the second one addresses reinstallation, and the third one has to do with a path set issue.