[Bug 1856488] [NEW] Installing 18.04.3 from USB stick fails, unable to install grub

[Charles Halliday]

Public bug reported:

Final part of install of Ubuntu 18.04.3 from USB stick fails.
Installation was replacing broken 18.04 on dual Windows/Ubuntu system.

uname -a (for installer) gives:
Linux ubuntu 5.0.0-23-generic #24~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 29 16:12:28 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Tried to running grub install manually:

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt install grub-efi-amd64-signed 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 grub-efi-amd64-signed : Depends: grub-efi-amd64-bin (= 2.02+dfsg1-5ubuntu8) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Installing boot-repair from yannubuntu/boot-repair and running it was
enough to make a bootable installation, but I don't know if anything
else is missing from the install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1-generic 5.0.15
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Sun Dec 15 21:18:11 2019
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ubiquity-18.04.14.12 ubuntu

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Title:
  Installing 18.04.3 from USB stick fails, unable to install grub

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Final part of install of Ubuntu 18.04.3 from USB stick fails.
  Installation was replacing broken 18.04 on dual Windows/Ubuntu system.

  uname -a (for installer) gives:
  Linux ubuntu 5.0.0-23-generic #24~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 29 16:12:28 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  Tried to running grub install manually:

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt install grub-efi-amd64-signed 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
  requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
  distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
  or been moved out of Incoming.
  The following information may help to resolve the situation:

  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   grub-efi-amd64-signed : Depends: grub-efi-amd64-bin (= 2.02+dfsg1-5ubuntu8) but it is not going to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  Installing boot-repair from yannubuntu/boot-repair and running it was
  enough to make a bootable installation, but I don't know if anything
  else is missing from the install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1-generic 5.0.15
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Sun Dec 15 21:18:11 2019
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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