Comment 1 for bug 178905

Opening synaptic Package manager to uninstall or reinstall the package results in the following error:-
E: The package hl1440lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.
Tried installing using dpkg - resulted in the following errors:-
root@del-desktop:/home/del/Desktop# dpkg -i hl1440lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb
(Reading database ... 141503 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace hl1440lpr 1.1.2-1 (using hl1440lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement hl1440lpr ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/hl1440lpr.postrm: 3: /etc/init.d/lpd: not found
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: 3: /etc/init.d/lpd: not found
dpkg: error processing hl1440lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 127
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: 3: /etc/init.d/lpd: not found
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hl1440lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb
root@del-desktop:/home/del/Desktop#
Using the package installer results in the following errors:-
The package might be corrupted or you are not allowed to open the file:please check the permissions of the file
ls -l show the package as -rwxrwxrwz
re downloaded the package with same results
I am in the process of contacting Brother re the package.