Comment 2 for bug 135308

This a workaround that lets the package to be removed/purged

[grabbed from ubuntuforums]

This was posted by a gentlemen named Intelikey in #kubuntu on irc.freenode.org

# stops kubuntu from loading the service
sudo mv /sbin/start-stop-daemon /root

# convinces kubuntu the load succeeded so the process doesn't error out
sudo ln -s /bin/true /sbin/start-stop-daemon

### now uninstall your package then continue with ###

# remove the symbolic link
sudo rm /sbin/start-stop-daemon

# restore the start/stop daemon to its original location
sudo mv /root/start-stop-daemon /sbin/