Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: grub2

apt-get cannot either install or update grub on my system - amd64 of
9.10.  When I try to install either grub or grub-pc, I get the following
errors.  (I also cannot update my kernel because it requires rebuilding
the grub menu.):

pg...@megalodon:~$ sudo apt-get install
[sudo] password for pgill: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource 
temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
pg...@megalodon:~$ sudo apt-get install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic (2.6.31-20.58) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic
Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled 
(2.6.31-20.57 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled 
(2.6.31-20.57 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
/etc/default/grub: 1: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash: not found
User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 2
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1) ...
dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Exec 
format error
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic
 grub-pc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
pg...@megalodon:~$

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 landscape-common: Install
 linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic: Configure
 grub-pc: Configure
 landscape-common: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 22 12:14:13 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: 
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package

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package grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess 
installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544285
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