Ubuntu EFI problem with installing alongside windows 8.1. Grub not installing and installation failing

[Zachary Marcus]

This is an issue that has persisted using Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, and 15.04, trying to install each version both directly alongside Windows 8.1 and later in partitions that I created for home, root, and swap. This particular bug report refers to installing 15.04 alongside Windows 8.1 on a Dell Inspiron 15.
I expected Ubuntu to install; it did not.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.25 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.360
Date: Tue Jul 7 12:42:05 2015
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.