The package needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it code example

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

Start with:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-all package_name

If that fails:

sudo rm -i /var/lib/dpkg/info/package_name.*
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq package_name

Confirm Apt is fixed. The following command should return no errors:

sudo apt-get update