How should I recreate /var/lib/dpkg/info/* ?

[Halvor Raknes]

When you delete system files...there's only one fix..reinstall.

This is why it's so important to backup your system with a system image created with Foxclone and Rescuezilla.

I have major resource restraints, i.e. storage space and money.

 

[Halvor Raknes]

I investigated further.

• apt-cache policy, apt-cache show, and apt-cache showpkg all look normal.
• The relevant .deb files exist in /var/cache/apt/archives/.
• apt reinstall fails for openssh-server, rsyslog, and samba-common with:

E: Internal Error, No file name for <package>:amd64

Additionally:

$ dpkg -V apt apt-utils
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'apt' missing
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'apt-utils' missing

and

$ ls /var/lib/dpkg/info | grep '^apt'
aptkit.conffiles
aptkit.list
aptkit.md5sums

There are no apt.* or apt-utils.* files under /var/lib/dpkg/info, although

dpkg -l apt apt-utils

reports both packages as installed (ii).
Could the missing metadata for apt itself explain the repeated No file name internal error, or is there another APT state that I should investigate?