(SOLVED) c2esp (driver) tries to remove cups

[realitykid]

Hello all. Ok, so I am trying to install a driver that I know works with my Kodak 6100 AiO Wireless printer. I've used it before in Linux Mint 11, and Ubuntu 11.10. However, trying to install it in Linux Mint Debian is becoming a small hassle. For some reason, it wants to remove cups when I try to install it. But, I need cups.

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devon@devon-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install c2esp
[sudo] password for devon: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libwebp0 chromium-inspector
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
  psutils
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  cups cups-driver-gutenprint cups-pdf mint-meta-common mint-meta-debian
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  c2esp
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 5 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/49.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 17.7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.

Any help in resolving this issue and getting it to install without removing cups would be helpful. Thanks.

[realitykid]

Ok, a tip to anyone else who had this issue: do not try to install the c2esp that is in the repository. It isn't updated for one, and two, you might run into the issue above.

Just compile it and install it via the terminal:

1) Download the latest version from http://sourceforge.net/projects/cupsdriverkodak/files/
2) Extract the .tar.gz file (c2esp24.tar.gz was the file I used) to your home folder.
3) Input the following commands in the terminal:
cd ~/c2esp24
sudo make
sudo make install

After that, the driver should be installed and working.