grub-pc installed, rather than grub-efi-amd64, in UEFI computer

[Volker Wysk]

I've made a fresh new install of Ubuntu 20.04 on my UEFI desktop computer. Which works, but some wrong packages seem to be installed: The grub-pc package, which is meant for older, BIOS-based computers, is installed. It should be grub-efi-amd64 instead.

Tom H in ubuntu-users wrote: "It looks like an esoteric apt resolver bug, but not a packaging bug."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Sep 2 16:44:58 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-03 (30 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Symptom: installation
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

It is deliberate that we install grub-pc along with grub-efi-amd64-signed and shim-signed, for maximum boot compatibility regardless of any changes that might be made to the firmware of the machine you're booting on, post-install. Unless you are missing the latter two packages, this is not a bug.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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