How can i get mac app store back when i am on Mac OS X 10.6.8

it says it's missing or incomplete how do i get it back? because i kinda deleted it by accident

Did you delete by dragging it off of the Dock? If so, open the Applications folder and drag the App Store application bundle back onto the Dock.
Or if you deleted the App Store application bundle by going into your Applications folder and deleting it there, then look in your Trash folder. If the Trash has not been emptied, you can drag the App Store bundle back to the Applications folder. Then (after you've dragged it to the Applications folder) drag the icon back onto the Dock, if you want the application in the Dock.
If you've deleted the App Store from the Applications folder and have subsequently emptied the trash, then you'll want to download the 10.6.8 Combo updater from Apple, and apply the installer to your system. That will reload all of the pieces of OS X that have been updated since 10.6. The App Store will be loaded into the Applications folder and into the Dock for you.
OS X updates come in two general formats: Delta updates, and Combo updates. Delta updates contain just changes from the previous release. The Combo updates are cumulative, and contain all changes from all of the delta updates.
Get your OS X backups going, too. Apple's Time Machine does a good job here and is both free and easy to use, though there are other options. Either Time Machine via a directly-connected disk, or (particularly nice for laptops) via a network-connected disk such as an Apple Time Capsule. (With Time Machine operating, you can also choose to restore any erroneously application bundles from the Time Machine backup, so long as the backups were running before the deletion occurred.)

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