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Add and Compile apt-get package manager for LFS

I’m trying to add apt-get package manager to LFS (LINUX FROM SCRATCH) system. I have found a solution explaining how to ‘compile apt-get and dpkg‘ for LFS. But it’s very old and unusable. I searched for apt-get source code and found it on debian.org. It is Debian version of apt. I have downloaded apt-0.8.10.3.deb package and extracted its contents to the root directory of LFS. When my LFS system boots up and I type apt-get, this error is shown:

E: Unable to determine a suitable packaging system type.
  1. How can I add apt-get to LFS and get it working?
  2. What does the above error mean?