MacOS – Repairing Mac OS X Leopard without Time Machine

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I did a dumb thing and accidentally overwrote my copy of /usr/bin/sqlite3 on my Mac OS X 10.5.8. I don't have a Time Machine backup so I can't grab the file from there. When I try to run Apache2, I'm getting the error:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libsqlite3.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/sbin/httpd
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
/usr/lib/libsqlite3.0.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
/usr/lib/libsqlite3.0.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
/usr/lib/libsqlite3.0.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture

How can I retrieve or rebuild /usr/bin/sqlite3?

Edit: Before all of this, I ran the 10.5.8 Combo Update in case something on my system was corrupted.

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Reinstalling the entire Mac OS X is the guaranteed way to ensure all system components are correctly installed.

Sometimes you can get away with running a Combo Updater (the 10.5.8 in your case), it can repair a slightly damaged (or corrupted) installation.

If you are unsure of why things are missing or damaged, better to reinstall or at least run a Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. System files should be protected from deleting and you don't know if other protections are missing or changed.

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To do so follow the above steps but enter Disk Utility after choosing the language in the installer. You can wipe it from there.

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the Snow Leopard installer will ask which language you want to use as the main language. Make your selection and click the right arrow key.

The Install Mac OS X screen will display. Click the ‘Utilities’ button.

In the Apple menu bar, select ‘Disk Utilities’ from the Utilities menu.

Disk Utilities will launch. Select one of the following instructions, depending on what you wish to do.

Erase a Volume. Use these instructions to erase an entire volume. Be sure to back up all of your data first.

Format a Hard Drive. Use these instructions if you wish to erase an entire hard drive, including any volumes/partitions it may contain, and not create any new volumes/partitions. Be sure to back up all of your data first.

Partition a Hard Drive. Use these instructions if you wish to erase and partition a hard drive. Be sure to back up all of your data first.

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/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib:
    /tmp/gnuplot-i386/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib (compatibility version 13.0.0, current version 13.2.0)

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otool -L /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib 
/usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib:
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Maybe the answer is to build GnuPlot on our Macs?

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