package linux-image-4.4.0-171-generic 4.4.0-171.200 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1

[FERNANDO LUIZ]

! BROKEN...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.4.0-171-generic 4.4.0-171.200
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-176.206-generic 4.4.211
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-176-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 8 03:55:18 2020
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2020-05-08 03:55:06
 Commandline: apt-get autoremove
 Remove: linux-headers-4.4.0-171:amd64 (4.4.0-171.200), linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-171-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-171.200), linux-modules-4.4.0-171-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-171.200), linux-headers-4.4.0-171-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-171.200), linux-modules-4.4.0-154-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-154.181), linux-image-4.4.0-171-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-171.200), linux-image-4.4.0-154-generic:amd64 (4.4.0-154.181)
ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-12 (361 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
 apt 1.2.32
SourcePackage: grub
Title: package linux-image-4.4.0-171-generic 4.4.0-171.200 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The error in your log is:

update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-171-generic
/etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub:
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ...

Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Would you like /boot/grub/menu.lst generated for you? (y/N) /usr/sbin/update-grub: linha 1094: read: erro de leitura: 0: Descritor de arquivo inválido
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
dpkg: erro ao processar o pacote linux-image-4.4.0-171-generic (--remove):
 sub-processo script post-removal instalado retornou estado de saída de erro 1

You have installed the 'grub' package, which is grub1, instead of the grub-pc package, which is grub2, and have not configured it. This is an error. You should remove the grub1 package from your system with 'apt-get remove --purge grub'.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Hi, You are reporting this bug report from xenial. Have you only recently encountered this problem? Have you tried upgrading to bionic or focal? And the package version of your kernel seems out of date. I see you have Installed on 2019-05-12 (361 days ago), but even then bionic was the most current release for over a year already.

Have you tried upgrading to grub2, instead of the legacy grub1?