Under the linux mint 18 Serena system, in the middle of installing astah-community, I thought it was too slow and wanted to close it, so I restarted the computer. After installing any software, it will prompt a sentence
“The package astah-community needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.”
Reference link : http://www.ihaveapc.com/2011/10/fix-annoying-the-package-needs-to-be-reinstalled-but-i-cant-find-an-archive-for-it-error -in-linux-mint-ubuntu/
I summed up the ending method:
1. Open the terminal and enter the following command to switch to the root user
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Then enter the password of the root user and switch to root to obtain the highest authorization.
2. Type the following code in the terminal to backup dpkg status.
cp /var/lib/dpkg/status status.bkp
3. Type the following code in the terminal to authorize the permission to modify dpkg status.
chmod 777 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4. In the graphical interface, open status along the path of /var/lib/dpkg/status. Note that it will remind you that it is "run" or "display", select "display".
5. ctrl+F Enter the package with incomplete installation, such as mine is "astah", search the package record in it, delete the entire package record, and then save it.
6. Done.