Probably fixed in zesty or newer with the huge installation ordering changes, it mostly configures all pending ones in one go now.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682993 Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 failed to install/upgrade: package grub-common is already installed and configured Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I suddenly started getting an error after booting into Ubuntu Desktop. Don't really know why Grub is coming up since I am single booting into ubuntu with no other OS partitions installed ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 14 22:11:31 2017 DuplicateSignature: package:grub-common:2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ... dpkg: error processing package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (--configure): package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra is already installed and configured ErrorMessage: package grub-common is already installed and configured InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-31 (15 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2) ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-36-generic root=UUID=b642098a-ea6b-4eb8-bb71-a9524c61be72 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 apt 1.2.19 SourcePackage: grub2 Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9 failed to install/upgrade: package grub-common is already installed and configured UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1682993/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp