I renamed it to /etc/init.d/cups.old still the update fails with below log, this time it looks install is failing because it couldn't find /etc/init.d/cups file
------------------------- mohamed@SilentStorm:$ sudo mv /etc/init.d/cups /etc/init.d/cups.old mohamed@SilentStorm:$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic The following packages will be upgraded: cups 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/1,245 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 346542 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 (using .../cups_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/cups not found. dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 100 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/cups not found. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cups_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 100 invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/cups not found. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/cups_1.5.3-0ubuntu1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016376 Title: package cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1016376/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
