On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 2:16 PM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:36:41 -0700
> Russell Senior <[email protected]> dijo:
>
> >On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 9:34 AM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:35:13 -0700
> >> Russell Senior <[email protected]> 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)
>
> Somethng's still wrong:
>
> sudo dpkg --debug=3 -i
> /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_2.04-1ubuntu26.4_amd64.deb
> dpkg: error: cannot access archive
> '/var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_2.04-1ubuntu26.4_amd64.deb': No such
> file or directory
>
> I carefully read every letter to make sure my copy/paste did it right,
> but I must have messed up something.
>
Look in that directory (/var/cache/apt/archives/) for which
grub-pc_*.deb files you *do* have.
