E: The package PACKAGE_NAME needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

[ubuntu][apt-get upgrade]E: The package PACKAGE_NAME needs to be reinstalled, but I can’t find an archive for it.

the package PACKAGE_NAME needs to be reinstalled but i can’t find an archive for it(deb包安装过程意外终止导致的错误)

• PACKAGE_NAME 为软件名

通过deb包安装软件的时候卡死了，然后强制关机，重启后apt命令出错，更新管理器错误，软件包管理器打不开…

解决办法：

• 方法一： root权限打开文件 /var/lib/dpkg/status ，找到出错的软件包，删除关于它的所有信息

sudo cp  /var/lib/dpkg/status   /var/lib/dpkg/status_bkp
sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

ctrl+f 搜索处于“ purge reinstreq half-installed”状态 的软件，然后删除该段信息
接着更新
然后

sudo apt update

• 方法二 执行以下命令：

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq code

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参考
1. cnblogs–安装firefox失败修复烦人的“该软件包需要重新安装，但我找不到它的存档”在Linux Mint / Ubuntu中出错

2. blog.sina E: The package NAME needs to be reinstalled, but I can’t find an archive for it…（转