On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 9:34 AM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:35:13 -0700 > Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> dijo: > > >Step 1: > > > > dpkg -l grub-pc > > > >which should give you the partially installed version you've got. > > The results are not at all clear: > dpkg -l grub-pc > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > |Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name > Version Architecture Description > +++-==============-================-============-==================================================> > iF grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.4 amd64 GRand Unified > Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS versi> lines 1-6/6 (END) > > >Step 2: > > > > dpkg --debug=3 -i > >/var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_<whatever-your-version-is>*.deb
gmail misrendered that (supposed to be one line): sudo dpkg --debug=3 -i /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_2.04-1ubuntu26.4_amd64.deb (notice the version from the dpkg -l grub-pc in the .deb filename)