Jerry, this is the same package as it is in the package sources and Synaptic also shows it to me. Well, I downloaded it anyway and tried to install it: Installation failed. At the moment I cannot install the libcupsimage2-dev package via Synaptic or GDebi, nor via hplip-3-18.3 or hplip-3-17.4. I just installed a fresh Version of Linux Lite 3.8 this week, so my question was: bug or feature? Does installing libcupsimage2-dev work for you? I already get an error message when I mark the package (Install) in Synaptic. Really strange behaviour ... 
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Yes, I did, thereby the buggy libcupsimage2-dev package will be removed (which I downloaded directly from your link)
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Quote:Have you run: sudo apt-get install -f yet?
Yes, I did, thereby the buggy libcupsimage2-dev package will be removed (which I downloaded directly from your link)