unable to start apt-get

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[karan90]

Hey,
I just installed dsl 4.1.1 on virtualbox(It is an hdd install with persistence not running off a live iso). My host os is xp and the laptop is fairly new dell.

The problem I am facing is am unable to get apt-get working. I have already done the following:
1)dpkg-restore
2)download the tarball from the internet and move it /var/lib and used the
 

Code:

tar zxvf dpkg.tar.gz

command
3)as another effort I also tried to extract the tarball to /usr/bin/
4)use the inbuilt script (which failed giving me a download error) (enable apt-get under tools)

Whenever I do an apt-get command(like : sudo apt-get nmap) I get the following error:
sudo:apt-get command not found

Please help.
PS: this is my first time using linux of any kind ever so please forgive me if the question sounds silly.

[kobzar]

you most click to Menu-Apps -Tools - Enable APT

[midori]

I just tried that on my system and it doesn't seem to be able to find the dsl repository to do that. Does anyone know where to set this, and what I should set it to?

Thanks in advance!!