ubuntu 8.04 lts cups problem

[Brian McKee]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:47 PM, James R. Jones <bnjrj at uaf.edu> wrote:
>>> sudo dpkg --purge --ignore-depends=cupsys cupsys
>>> sudo apt-get install cupsys
>> Thanks that solved it, I did not have to do the dpkg-reconfigure cupsys. The
>> only questions what is the difference of using the commands versus using the
>> gui  System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager ? I thought that
>> unistalling and reinstalling would accomplish the same things.
> Glad to hear it.  I think choosing "Mark for complete removal" in
> Synaptic is the equiv of "--purge", but I'm not 100% on that.

Just in case it wasn't clear - the 'purge' option removes the
configuration files as well as the software proper.  A regular
uninstall leaves the config files on the premise that if you do
re-install, you'll want it back the way it was, not start over from
scratch.
And I'm pretty sure Chris is right - the Synaptic complete removal
option does the same

Brian