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Is there any solution for this "Error: E:The package linux-headers-5.4.0-56-generic needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it." I can't do anything...just whatever I do or any updating show me this message. This is my third post regarding this.

Angshuman Saha
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  • The usual solution is, as the error message suggests, to reinstall the package before doing anything else. Since the package is no longer available using apt, you must get it from someplace else. launchpad.net is the normal place to get old packages from. – user535733 Jun 14 '21 at 20:22

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The simplest method is to remove the problematic package by

sudo apt-get purge linux-headers-5.4.0-56-generic

or in low-level

sudo dpkg -P --force-all linux-headers-5.4.0-56-generic

Then install normal latest kernel and its headers using:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-$(uname -r)
N0rbert
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