package linux-image-4.4.0-198-generic 4.4.0-198.230 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1

[Austin Javier De Leon Martinez]

I am trying to install the aduini IDE and also some serial libraries for the communication between arduino and the system and in both occasions I get this error

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.4.0-198-generic 4.4.0-198.230
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-201.233-generic 4.4.247
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-201-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 11 13:49:25 2021
ErrorMessage: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-06 (40 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20190304.5)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
 apt 1.2.32ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: grub
Title: package linux-image-4.4.0-198-generic 4.4.0-198.230 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2021-01-06 (40 days ago)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The bug reporting system guided you to file this bug against the grub package because you have grub1 installed on your system. This is not installed by default, has long been deprecated, and you have installed it without configuring it which is an error. To restore your packaging system to working order, do:

  sudo apt purge grub