Can't use apt install at all after installing a deb package "intellij-idea-ultimate needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it"

Question

apt install does not work, for example:

$ apt install uget 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: The package intellij-idea-ultimate needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

This problem arose after I installed intellij idea using this .deb file from Launchpad.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '17 at 15:34

Apparently, apt is trying to reinstall or update the intellij-idea-ultimate but the system does not find the corresponding .deb file.

As I know, IntelliJ Idea does not have an official repository you can use with apt or apt-get to install and update their dependencies. You usually use the official .tar.gz file or an unofficial repository to install IntelliJ.

If you are using the unofficial repository, you may...

Try aptitude to solve any inconsistency.
Download the .deb files from the unofficial ppa repository.

If you want to enable that PPA and install from it, you can run these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install intellij-idea-community

Can't use apt install at all after installing a deb package "intellij-idea-ultimate needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it"

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