package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Conrad L Southworth]

During a sudo apt autoremove apt would not progress. Got stuck at 44% then this bug appeared

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-30.34-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 9 10:44:56 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-31 (70 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-30-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=dae22e96-ce5a-410c-95db-29bc246bcefe ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please check to see if the command 'plymouth --ping' continues to hang in a terminal. In the event that it does it would help us out if you could run it under strace e.g. 'strace plymouth --ping' so that we can determine why the process is hanging. Thanks for your assistance!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for plymouth (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]