[Bug 1701074] Re: package grub2-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[pgrosso0433]

Resolves issue-- run from cmdln

sudo apt-get install --reinstall grub2-common

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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Title:
  package grub2-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it
  before attempting configuration

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 17.04
  Release:	17.04

  apt-cache policy grub2
  grub2:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1
    Version table:
       2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
       2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages
  sudo apt-get upgrade
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    linux-headers-4.10.0-19 linux-headers-4.10.0-19-generic
    linux-headers-4.10.0-21 linux-headers-4.10.0-21-generic
    linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic linux-image-4.10.0-21-generic
    linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic linux-image-extra-4.10.0-21-generic
  Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  2 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/529 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
  dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--configure):
   package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
   reinstall it before attempting configuration
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-pc:
   grub-pc depends on grub2-common (= 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1); however:
    Package grub2-common is not configured yet.

  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                            dpkg: error processing package grub-pc (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   grub2-common
   grub-pc
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  Software update via Software Updater app fails on the install of this
  grub2 package.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: grub2-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 28 15:30:31 2017
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:grub2-common:2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1
   Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
   ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
   dpkg: error processing package grub2-common (--configure):
    package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
  ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-26 (33 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-24-generic root=UUID=5cf174fc-fc6a-490c-916b-32dd1b87f129 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
   apt  1.4
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package grub2-common 2.02~beta3-4ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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