[solved] CUPS server error when adding new printer

[capreaModerator]

Purging avahi-daemon wants to remove ipp-usb and libnss-mdns
But even if I do

$ LANG=C  sudo apt purge ipp-usb  libnss-mdns  avahi-daemon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  bind9-host bind9-libs libavahi-core7 libdaemon0 libfstrm0 libmaxminddb0
  libprotobuf-c1
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  avahi-daemon* ipp-usb* libnss-mdns*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 295 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 322588 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing avahi-daemon (0.8-9.0antix1) ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon not found.
invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc5.d/S03avahi-daemon
dpkg: error processing package avahi-daemon (--remove):
 installed avahi-daemon package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
 avahi-daemon
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I think this is the problem
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon not found.

because on my antiX21 there is only /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove

[anticapitalistaForum Admin]

Does /etc/rc5.d/S03avahi-daemon exist?
If so, delete it and try again

Added change /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove to avahi-daemon

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[PPCMember]

anticapitalista wrote:

Is this better?

On antiX 23 sysv Full Live, I just ran antiX Updater (there was 60+ packages to update), it ran without me noticing any problem. After it, I ran the GUI that manages Syxv processes and avahi-deamon was marked as “checked” on columns 2-5

I could, then, start it from the terminal:
sudo service avahi-daemon start

I checked with
service avahi-daemon status

and it was running.

I logged off and back on: the service did not auto-start.

P.

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by PPC.

[capreaModerator]

No, doesn’t exist

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[anticapitalistaForum Admin]

ls /etc/rc5d shows it does exist

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[abc-nixMember]

anticapitalista wrote:

change /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove to avahi-daemon

This is the way. Rename it and then apt remove avahi-daemon again.

caprea wrote:

No, doesn’t exist

After renaming the init script, the symlink should be fixed (no longer “red” in the terminal). Then the autoremove script should properly work.

Edit: If you removed the avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove file, and apt remove still doesn’t work, remove all SXX-avahi-daemon and KXX-avahi-daemon files from all /etc/rc*.d folders and then remove.
sudo rm /etc/rc*.d/*avahi-daemon

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by abc-nix.
• This reply was modified 3 years ago by abc-nix.

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[PPCMember]

abc-nix wrote:

This is the way.

I fully agree 🙂

Edit: Sorry this was such a good “Mandalorian” quote that I could not resist attaching a pic (@anticapitalista- sorry for burning Forum resources on a whim).

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by PPC.

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[capreaModerator]

anticapitalista wrote:

Added change /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove to avahi-daemon

I’m going to wait for it.

[anticapitalistaForum Admin]

caprea wrote:

anticapitalista wrote:

Added change /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove to avahi-daemon

I’m going to wait for it.

Ha ha – I meant I added to my post. You will have to make the change manually

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[capreaModerator]

anticapitalista wrote:

You will have to make the change manually

But does this mean everybody on antiX21 has to make the change manually or am I the only one with the file called /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove ?

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by caprea.

[anticapitalistaForum Admin]

caprea wrote:

anticapitalista wrote:

You will have to make the change manually

But does this mean everybody on antiX21 has to make the change manually or am I the only one with the file called /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon.dpkg-remove ?

As far as I know, you are the first to report this on antiX-21.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[anticapitalistaForum Admin]

@caprea – I’ll probably have a new deb package that ‘fixes’ this in a day or so.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[capreaModerator]

Thanks anticapitalista, it’s probably not necessary. I already waisted your time.Might possible its only me,though I’m wondering how it happened that the name of the script has changed here on my system.If I had known it was only me, i wouldn’t have posted the problem.

[seriousnessMember]

Caprea, you are not alone – see #113209 !

Debian removed the init script with the symlinks from package avahi-daemon. Therefore the script had to be renamed.

[capreaModerator]

Thanks seriousness, so you have been the first one who reported it.

seriousness wrote:

Therefore the script had to be renamed

Reminds somehow of sabotage.

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