Public bug reported: Grub-efi-amd64 package upgrade to trusty (from saucy) fails. I get an odd error when running
dpb@starbuck:grub-efi-amd64$ sudo apt-get -f install grub-efi-amd64 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done grub-efi-amd64 is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: blt gnome-control-center-unity libalgorithm-c3-perl libamd2.2.0 libavformat53:i386 libboost-date-time1.53.0 libboost-iostreams1.53.0 libboost-python1.53.0 libboost-signals1.53.0 libboost-system1.53.0 libboost-thread1.53.0 libcdt4 libcgraph5 libclass-c3-perl libclass-c3-xs-perl libcmis-0.3-3 libcolamd2.7.1 libcurl3-gnutls:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libebackend-1.2-6 libedata-book-1.2-17 libedata-cal-1.2-20 libexplain30 libfftw3-3 libfm-gtk-bin libgraph4 libgvpr1 libgweather-3-3 libhud-client2 libllvm3.3 libllvm3.3:i386 libmng1:i386 libmro-compat-perl libpoppler43 libprocps0 libqpdf10 librhythmbox-core7 libseccomp1 libsecret-1-0:i386 libswscale2:i386 libtidy-0.99-0 libumfpack5.4.0 libwebp4:i386 libwebp4 libxcb-sync0 linux-headers-3.10.0-0 linux-headers-3.10.0-0-generic linux-headers-3.10.0-1 linux-headers-3.10.0-1-generic linux-headers-3.10.0-2 linux-headers-3.10.0-2-generic linux-headers-3.10.0-3 linux-headers-3.10.0-3-generic linux-headers-3.11.0-11 linux-headers-3.11.0-11-generic linux-headers-3.11.0-12 linux-headers-3.11.0-12-generic linux-headers-3.11.0-4 linux-headers-3.11.0-4-generic linux-headers-3.11.0-9 linux-headers-3.11.0-9-generic linux-headers-3.9.0-7 linux-headers-3.9.0-7-generic linux-image-3.10.0-0-generic linux-image-3.10.0-1-generic linux-image-3.10.0-2-generic linux-image-3.10.0-3-generic linux-image-3.11.0-11-generic linux-image-3.11.0-12-generic linux-image-3.11.0-4-generic linux-image-3.11.0-9-generic linux-image-3.9.0-7-generic linux-image-extra-3.11.0-12-generic openbox-themes openjdk-7-jre-lib python-apsw python-beautifulsoup python-imaging-compat python-utidylib vgabios Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta2-6) ... Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install: error: Can't create file: No such file or directory. dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: grub-efi-amd64 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Then, I follow-on with: # grub-install grub-install: error: Can't create file: No such file or directory. I will attach the -v output to the bug, I'm afraid it doesn't shed any more light on the problem for me. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.02~beta2-6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Feb 19 20:46:54 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-27 (694 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64+mac (20120327.1) SourcePackage: grub2 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-18 (1 days ago) ** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug efi grub trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1282375 Title: trusty upgrade: grub-install fails with odd file error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1282375/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs