Ray/Revcol,
I ran into the same problem trying to install a Brother DCP130C
(actually, as I haven't got that printer myself, trying to go through
the installation process on my machine so I can help a friend install
her printer). Couldn't finish the installation of the cupswrapper
package, couldn't uninstall it, couldn't reinstall it, and it had broken
Synaptic (as well as gdebi, aptitude, you name it).
I have, for this evening, given up on the printer, but found a way of
getting Synaptic back.
Looking at the output you've copied above, the problem is that you're
missing the file
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc440cn/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc440cn
Close Synaptic if you've got it open.
Use your favourite editor to create a dummy file with one or two
characters and save it somewhere convenient (say in /home/ray) as
cupswrappermfc440cn. Then
cd /home/ray # if you're not already there
sudo mv cupswrappermfc440cn
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc440cn/cupswrapper/
sudo chmod 777
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc4409cn/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc440cn
# the change in permissions may be unnecessary but can't hurt
Now try
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq dcp130ccupswrapper
And Synaptic should be happy again.
=====Andrew
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E: The package mfc440cncupswrapper needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an
archive for it.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115911
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