Hi Brian > > How do you go on with > > > > apt-get --reinstall install cups-daemon > > > > after installing cups? > > Any progress on this?
It looks like I missed your first email. Let's reproduce (sorry, locale is de_CH, so the message about non empty /etc/cups is german) root@krup:~# uname -a Linux krup.woody.ch 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-1 (2016-03-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux root@krup:~# lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.4 (jessie) Release: 8.4 Codename: jessi root@krup:~# ls -l /etc/cups/cupsd.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4499 Mai 8 13:33 /etc/cups/cupsd.conf root@krup:~# apt-get purge cups-common cups [...] dpkg: Warnung: Während Entfernens von cups ist Verzeichnis »/etc/cups« nicht leer, wird daher nicht gelöscht [...] root@krup:~# ls -l /etc/cups/cupsd.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4499 Mai 8 13:33 /etc/cups/cupsd.conf root@krup:~# rm -r /etc/cups/ Now we are 'clean'... root@krup:~# apt-get install cups hplip printer-driver-hpcups [...] root@krup:~# ls -l /etc/cups/ insgesamt 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 9 2015 interfaces drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 9 2015 ppd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 Mai 12 11:32 raw.convs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 Mai 12 11:32 raw.types -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 Jun 9 2015 snmp.conf root@krup:~# service cups restart root@krup:~# Message from syslogd@krup at May 12 11:32:47 ... cupsd: Unable to open "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf": No such file or directory Broadcast message from systemd-journ...@krup.woody.ch (Thu 2016-05-12 11:32:47 CEST): cupsd[11173]: Unable to open "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf": No such file or directory -Benoît Panizzon-