[Bug 1767703] Re: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed

[dino99]

@Graham & others complaining

Take note that the installer has been designed more than a decade ago; but recent hardware have introduced some ubknown concept a few years back: uefi/efi, gpt, nvme.
That is way different than the 'legacy' mode known by ubiquity.

Server has already a new installer, but not the desktop yet. So
reworking ubiquity is not the way Canonical is thinking about.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mark-Shuttleworth-
Ubiquity-NG

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
  /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
  /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1739, in <module>
  /plugininstall.py:     install.run()
  /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 61, in wrapper
  /plugininstall.py:     func(self)
  /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 227, in run
  /plugininstall.py:     self.configure_bootloader()
  /plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 971, in configure_bootloader
  /plugininstall.py:     "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
  /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

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  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  MBR-EFI-GPT explanations/requirements:

  https://askubuntu.com/questions/500359/efi-boot-partition-and-biosgrub-partition
  https://askubuntu.com/questions/831216/how-can-i-reinstall-grub-to-the-efi-partition
  https://askubuntu.com/questions/578928/why-i-need-several-boot-partitions-efi-and-bios-grub
  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

  Manual fix:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1766945/comments/3

  also see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-
  installer/+bug/1763441/comments/2

  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

  https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2390700

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  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Apr 28 20:39:35 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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