The Oxford Dictionary acknowledges dupe as an abbreviation of duplicate:


  verb &amp; noun
  
  Short for duplicate, especially in photography.
  [AS VERB]: how to
  dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film
  [AS NOUN]: black-and-white dupes


The application of dupe seems to be expanding beyond photography.

Can 'Dupe' be used as a verb instead of 'Duplicate'?
I'm getting an apt-get error that says

E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

The brmfc7340lpr is a printer driver -- it's a local deb file. Doing a dpkg or apt-get purge doesn't work, neither does apt-get install -f .

How do I reinstall a package from a local deb file?

Output:

box-name% sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for username: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
box-name% sudo apt-get purge brmfc7340lpr
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
box-name% sudo dpkg --purge brmfc7340lpr 
dpkg: error processing brmfc7340lpr (--purge):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 brmfc7340lpr
box-name% sudo dpkg --install brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package brmfc7340lpr.
(Reading database ... 725204 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace brmfc7340lpr 2.0.2-1 (using .../brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement brmfc7340lpr ...
start: Unknown job: lpd
dpkg: warning: subprocess old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
start: Unknown job: lpd
dpkg: error processing brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
start: Unknown job: lpd
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb
box-name% sudo apt-get install -f                                     
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
box-name% 

