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package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu7.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1749145 reported by Albert Lee on 2018-02-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1705345: Installing packages hangs on plymouth --ping. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub2 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

While installing this update I also tried installing microcode for cpu, which lead to both programs freezing and forcing me to shut down. After several installs this error still persists.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 13 05:03:24 2018
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-21-generic root=UUID=83841b51-23d5-40b3-acc3-833928398c1e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.3, python3-minimal, 3.6.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /root/Error: command ['which', 'python'] failed with exit code 1:, Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: "/root/Error: command ['which', 'python'] failed with exit code 1:": "/root/Error: command ['which', 'python'] failed with exit code 1:", unpackaged
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
apt 1.5.1
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu7.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Albert Lee (albertfromla) wrote on 2018-02-13:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (443 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (517 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (67.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (103.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (15.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
EtcDefaultGrub.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (147.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2018-02-28:

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 1705345, 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.