The package linux-headers-5.4.0-56 needs to be reinstalled, but an archive for it can't be found

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when I ever I want to make most of the things in terminal I faced this problem ,even when I try to run sudo apt upgrade , it also appear I try to reinstall it by using sudo apt install --reinstall linux-headers-5.4.0-56 linux-headers-5.4.0-56-generic and it appear also

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '21 at 08:34

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This package was removed from the repositories a few weeks ago. You can resolve the issue by doing this:

Open Terminal (if it's not already open)

Run this command:

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

From here you can clean apt a little bit with:

$ sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt clean
$ sudo apt update

This should resolve the problem

answered Feb 02 '21 at 08:34

when running :sudo apt remove linux-modules-5.4.0-56-generic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: The package linux-headers-5.4.0-56 needs to be reinstalled, but an archive for it can't be found. – SH EB Feb 02 '21 at 08:44
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then try to remove it with dpkg. sudo dpkg -P linux-modules-5.4.0-56-generic – nobody Feb 02 '21 at 08:57
If that doesn't work, this is an excellent walk-through of how to remove packages when things go sour. Scroll down to the "How to manage broken packages" section and start from the first step. Hopefully you don't need to get all the way through to number five. – Feb 02 '21 at 09:01

The package linux-headers-5.4.0-56 needs to be reinstalled, but an archive for it can't be found

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