apt-get / aptitude `/usr/lib/libcups.so.2': No such file or directory

[micsch]

I have a debian server running nice & smooth, but since a few weeks I get error messages every now and then while doing upgrades from aptitude. They seem to be caused by /usr/lib/libcups.so.2 not existing, but if I check for it, it seems to be found but not be there... (weird, I know... but notice the wildcard)

[root@server: /]# ls /usr/lib/libcups*
/bin/ls: /usr/lib/libcups.so.2: No such file or directory

I have tried to remove it, which gives no errors, but after rm -fr /usr/lib/libcups.so.2, an ls still gives the same result.

If I try to reinstall the libcupsys this throws multiple errors:
apt-get --reinstall install libcupsys2-gnutls10
[ ... ]
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch3_i386.deb (--unpack):
unable to install new version of `./usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/README.txt.gz': No such file or directory
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking libcupsys2-gnutls10 (from .../libcupsys2-gnutls10_1.2.7-4etch3_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2-gnutls10_1.2.7-4etch3_all.deb (--unpack):
unable to install new version of `./usr/share/doc/libcupsys2-gnutls10/changelog.gz': No such file or directory
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2_1.2.7-4etch3_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsys2-gnutls10_1.2.7-4etch3_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Would anyone know how to fix this?

[wildpossum]

I am assuming from you output data that your using ubuntu.

goto:

downloading libcups.so.2 [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums

it has the answers your seeking.

[micsch]

wildpossum, thanks for your reply. (it's debian, by the way)

I've looked at your link but I'm not sure this would solve the issues... The link seems to be about the lib32/ libcups.so.2 missing, not the lib/ version.

As can be seen from the output in my case there's something weird with my libcups.so.2 in the /usr/lib/ directory. I cannot even seem to replace that file with the same from another debian server; this also throws a 'No such file or directory'...

Maybe someone has a clue what might be wrong with the file to be causing this?

[jledhead]

what if you do

ls -l /usr/lib/libcup*

to see if its a symlink