Problem installing Transmission

Trying to install Transmission via the toolkit.

I get the:

sed: can't read /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon: No such file or directory

Replacing daemon username in init failed.

I see that this issue has been brought up a couple of times over on git but promptly dismissed without any real resolution.

I am running Ubuntu 14.04.03 LTS

Here's the last couple of lines:

--->Stopping Transmission temporarily...


--->Creating download directories...
Existing Transmission configurations were moved to /home/$UNAME/.config/transmission_01-26-2016_20-26
Following directories created...
/home/todd/.config/transmission  - Transmission Settings
/home/todd/Downloads  - Watched Folder
/home/todd/Downloads/transmission  - Completed Downloads
/home/todd/Downloads/transmission/incomplete  - Incomplete Downloads

--->Making some configuration changes...
sed: can't read /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon: No such file or directory
Replacing daemon username in init failed.

Any help will be much appreciated.