How can I fix "E:The package linux-modules-5.4.0-56-generic needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it."?

Question

sudo apt update && sudp apt upgrade -y now shows the error message

E:The package linux-modules-5.4.0-56-generic needs to be reinstalled. But I can't find an archive for it.

and nothing proceeds. How can I fix this problem?

Thanks.

Related: https://askubuntu.com/q/1299090/243321 – Organic Marble Dec 12 '20 at 12:53 — Organic Marble, Dec 12 '20 at 12:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 12 '20 at 10:29

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This package has been removed from the repositories.

Run

sudo apt remove linux-modules-5.4.0-56-generic

But make sure you have another kernel installed.

answered Dec 12 '20 at 10:29

Pilot6

Sorry, all-apt-related seems broken. Same message occurs. – came_tongue_0001 Dec 16 '20 at 13:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 07 '21 at 19:55

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From:

download and install by

dpkg -i [file name]

after this, do what you need (update/upgrade/install... )

edited Sep 07 '21 at 19:55

tinlyx

answered Aug 31 '21 at 15:40

Cláudio Neto

Oh, Thanx. Now it is fixed. Truely, truely, it is long time to NO APT UPDATE & UPGRADE... – came_tongue_0001 Oct 07 '21 at 08:10

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