package cups-server-common 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.3 failed to install/upgrade: package cups-server-common is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Jesse Rowley]

Keeps coming on when i log in, just switching back to ubuntu from windows so unclear if it is because I am removing the windows partition and maybe their was data loss.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: cups-server-common 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:
 E [04/Feb/2018:22:13:24 -0500] Unable to open listen socket for address /var/run/cups/cups.sock:0 - Permission denied.
 E [04/Feb/2018:22:14:37 -0500] Unable to open listen socket for address /var/run/cups/cups.sock:0 - Permission denied.
Date: Sun Feb 4 22:21:57 2018
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:cups-server-common:2.1.3-4ubuntu0.3
 Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package cups-server-common (--configure):
  package cups-server-common is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package cups-server-common is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-05 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
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PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: letter
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-112-generic root=UUID=25d0b994-bf9b-4425-849f-19dd4dee8017 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-112-generic root=UUID=25d0b994-bf9b-4425-849f-19dd4dee8017 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups-server-common 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.3 failed to install/upgrade: package cups-server-common is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-02-05 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/30/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P2.10
dmi.board.name: AB350M Pro4
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
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dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.10:bd03/30/2017:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnAB350MPro4:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
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[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Jesse,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with cups. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu and cups have been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know and, in the current version, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect 1747338
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu and cups better.
G

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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