apt broken

[crazywizzard]

Distro: Debian etch
- installed basic system from net install cd then manually installed xserver, gdm, and gnome using apt

Problem:
Using the information from http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko12479/ I tried to install drivers for my lexmark printer. the first one installed without a hitch,but the second one returned an error. Now any time i try to use apt to install or remove something i get an error message and my requested operation does not complete. makeing the .deb did not generate an error

Install error:
(Reading database ... 68102 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace lexmark-z700-cups-driver 1.1.1-2 (using lexmark-z700-cups-driver_1.1.1-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement lexmark-z700-cups-driver ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/lexmark-z700-cups-driver.postrm: line 2: /etc/init.d/cups: No such file or directory
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 2: /etc/init.d/cups: No such file or directorydpkg: error processing lexmark-z700-cups-driver_1.1.1-1_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 127
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 2: /etc/init.d/cups: No such file or directorydpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
lexmark-z700-cups-driver_1.1.1-1_i386.deb

apt error: (when trying to install anything)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: The package lexmark-z700-cups-driver needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

P.S. did not install from source

[bryansmith]

Have you tried doing what the error message says and tried to reinstall the driver that errored out?

Bryan

[crazywizzard]

yes, i tried reinstalling and also remaking with alien and reinstalling

This is the method i tried for Ubuntu and it worked fine