package cups 1.5.2-5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[David Alin Shaheen]

While I was updating 12.04 I received a notification that CUPS had failed to install, but I haven't any idea why.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.2-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Fri Feb 24 07:09:22 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: Alienware M11x R2
Papersize: a4
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=726ECF416ECEFCBB loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.5.2-5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-24 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/23/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: M11x R2
dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
dmi.board.version: A04
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
dmi.chassis.version: A04
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA04:bd11/23/2010:svnAlienware:pnM11xR2:pvrA04:rvnAlienware:rnM11xR2:rvrA04:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA04:
dmi.product.name: M11x R2
dmi.product.version: A04
dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware