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Since upgrading from 17.04 to 17.10, while using Ubuntu Software, I get

E: The package libc6-dev needs to be reinstalled, 
   but I can't find an archive for it

What to do to solve this?

Zanna
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Watermelon
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There are very few reasons why you might not be able to install libc6-dev as it's available for all currently supported versions of Ubuntu.

One possibility is that you thought you had upgraded to 17.10 but did not succeed in the attempt, and it's looking for a 17.04 version which has moved.

You can confirm your current version of Ubuntu with the commands lsb_release -a and grep Ubuntu /etc/issue The version listed on the Description line of the former commands output should match the version you get from the latter command.

Since you say you get no other errors the other possibilities (network down, sever down) are unlikely, so I won't bother suggesting that you connect to the internet and choose a different mirror.

Elder Geek
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