Comment 5 for bug 1795793

tried that, (copied your command into Terminal) but : get this response:
--purge is not understood in combination with the other options

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 6:05 AM Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Well, the error that pops up is because you've installed the grub
> package on your system without configuring it, and this package is
> deprecated.
>
> You should remove it again with 'sudo apt --purge grub'.
>
> ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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> Title:
> package linux-image-4.15.0-36-generic 4.15.0-36.39~16.04.1 failed to
> install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub
> exited with return code 1
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