15.04-Beta-1: Package 'grub-pc' has no installation candidate
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ubuntu-mate |
Critical
|
Martin Wimpress | ||
Bug Description
Installation of Ubuntu Mate 15.04 Beta 1 fails at the end without installing Grub.
The error displayed is:
ubuntu-mate ubiquity: : Package 'grub-pc' has no installation candidate
ubuntu-mate grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-pc' failed
Screenshot attached for more information.
| Ish Sookun (ish.sookun) wrote : | #1 |
| Ish Sookun (ish.sookun) wrote : | #3 |
It's the amd64 version. MD5 and SHA sums correspond to :
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~# md5sum ubuntu-
66fa1382739752a
~# shasum ubuntu-
e435716bdf88d24
I tried installations formatting the disk with Btrfs and a second time Ext4. Previously, the same laptop (HP Compaq 6515b) ran Ubuntu Mate 14.04 64Bit fine.
| Changed in ubuntu-mate: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Fix Committed |
| Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg) wrote : | #4 |
This should be fixed in the updated daily image. Can you test and confirm please?
* http://
| Ish Sookun (ish.sookun) wrote : | #5 |
I tested the ISO on an ASUS X75V that has Linux Mint 17 alongside. I received the error:
The 'grub-efi-
See screenshot for details.
| Philip Guyton (phil-lxnet) wrote : | #6 |
Procedure to reproduce for me:-
Note I used easy2boot as this compaq mini 700 is not happy booting directly it seems.
Don't get the opportunity (due to gfxboot.c32: not a com32R image even if live-installer boot option used) to add the following:-
removed quiet splash and put in nomodeset acpi_os_name=Linux via F6 option on boot screen
English
Download updates & 3rd party stuff
(long pause here)
something else
used existing vg and lvs
xfs format / (on lv)
swap area (on lv)
sda1 ext2 /boot
left device for booting installation at “/dev/sda”
login auto
When it got to the “Installing ‘grub2’ package…”
Dialog
“The ‘grub-pc’ package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.”
OK = only option.
Bootloader install failed (as superuser)
chose the same device ie /dev/sda
Then both the installation is complete dialog and a repeat of the Sorry, an error occurred and it was not possible to install the bootloader.
N.B. in syslog we have:-
Ubiquity: Package grub-pc is not available, but is referred to by another package.
However the following packages replace it: grub-common
E: Package ‘grub-pc’ has no installation candidate
grub-installer: info : Calling ‘apt-install grub-pc’ failed
Hope that helps (MD5 checked and is:- d74b2ca893e227f
ie 3/3/2015 32bit version.
also note that apt-get install grub-common shows grub-common as installed.
On trying to install grub-pc I got an error that a repository couldn't be reached (seemed to be via ipv6 address), downed and upped eth0 and was then able to find and install grub-pc but I had problems configuring grub-pc.
Could this be an ipv6 issue as seems rare and I am on a pretty bizarre network (at least double natted)
| Philip Guyton (phil-lxnet) wrote : | #7 |
Installed again as in my last post but this time without download updates ticked and without 3rd party ticked and got the same result.
| Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg) wrote : | #8 |
Are you testing the daily inages?
| Philip Guyton (phil-lxnet) wrote : | #9 |
@Martin haven't tested any more since 3/3/2015, has anything else changed in this regard since 3/3 build (md5 indicated)? It was perfectly reproducibly but takes ages to do on my 700 mini. Will try again with the 5th March build. Is there a definitive changelog for these specific builds so I can try only when something relevant has been updated?
| Philip Guyton (phil-lxnet) wrote : | #10 |
OK just got the same result with 32 bit image dated 5/3 md5sum d7848e6f0215dea
ie:-
Dialog
“The ‘grub-pc’ package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.”
Is there anything else I can report that might help?
| ahadpo (ahadpo) wrote : | #11 |
I have tested daily i386 build (7-March) on my desktop & laptop
Desktop Intel - Installation Sucsessfull
Laptop Lenvo E430 - Install failed Grub Error
| Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg) wrote : | #12 |
What is different beteen "Desktop Intel" and "Laptop Lenvo E430"?
Are they both amd64? Is one EFI?
| Phil Norbeck (ptn107) wrote : | #13 |
Same thing with the 32-bit image on real hardware. I tried to install it on a desktop with one single 80GB IDE drive.
grub-pc fails to install to /target/
image: ubuntu-
date: Feb 25, 2015 13:44
md5: c90f1cf79976921
| Changed in ubuntu-mate: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| assignee: | nobody → Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg) |
| Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg) wrote : | #14 |
Hopefully this commit will fix the issue:
* http://
| Changed in ubuntu-mate: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
| Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote : | #15 |
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://
| tags: | added: iso-testing |
Multiple installs were successfully completed during the Beta 1 test period, no one encountered this?
* Can you confirm amd64 or i386 version?
* Can you also check that your iso image MD5 or SHA sums are correct please?