actually, after a reinstall of 64-bit tar, that worked, all I have left is dpkg complaining about apt's 32-bit library conflicting with the 64-bit binary. I do indeed have 64-bit binaries of apt, dpkg, and tar now installed.
and now I really am off to AutoZone (maybe).
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