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For some reasons, your apt is gone and get errror message like apt command not found
Download the apt package for your ubuntu version here http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/apt/
For example, get apt 1.6 for Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Force install apt package and run apt-get update

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/apt/apt_1.6.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-all apt_1.6.1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get update

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