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package grub-common 1.98-1ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: package grub-common is already installed and configured

Bug #640868 reported by matthew on 2010-09-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #541595: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dpkg (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: dpkg

This happened after a fresh install, and updating my system.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: grub-common 1.98-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 16 09:05:39 2010
ErrorMessage: package grub-common is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package grub-common 1.98-1ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: package grub-common is already installed and configured

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matthew (mpmn5891) wrote on 2010-09-16:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (856 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (609 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (36.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (75.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-20:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 541595, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.