relocation error: and segmentation fault

[Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com>]

Sorry!! I clicked the wrong icon and sent the previous 
message by mistake!)

I was running aptitude and it canceled for some reason. Now
I am getting

> relocation error: /lib/libproc-3.2.7.so: symbol memset, 
> version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference

and also

> symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6:
> undefined symbol: _ZNSt8messagesIcE2idE, version GLIBCXX_3.4

and also segmentation fault.

This happens when I try to do something in a console window 
or a gnome-terminal window. And nothing else happens. I am 
also getting a ton of segmentation fault message in my f1 
console session.

I'm afraid to try shutting down and restarting because I'm 
fearful that it may not even come up!

Any suggestions? Oh yes, aptitude, apt-get and dpkg won't 
start.

Thanks for any help!
Dennis