This was never fixed in Xenial, but it is resolved in Bionic. Lubuntu Team supported Xenial until April of this year, so one shouldn't expect a fix in Xenial.
** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615297 Title: lubuntu 16.04.1 desktop fails to install cups To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1615297/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs