apt damaged need help to fix.

[Dan Hunt <dan@hunt.ath.cx>]

Ever do something careless and not know how to fix it?

Early this morning I purposely deleted the .deb files in
/var/cache/apt/archives .  Problem was I deleted the everything
up to /var/cache/apt/  
( Why? The old .deb files are not being deleted 
automatically so I was cleaning up, when I should have been making
coffee. )

When I run:
dhunt:/home/dan# apt-get update
E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing.
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object ....

If you know how I can get "apt-get" back I would appreciate a response
to the list.

Kind regards
Dan