grub fails when trying to install ubuntu 2020.04
I have been trying to fix grub, by various methods, I have used:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install boot-repair
boot-repair
but in the terminal I get the following error
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/
Simple tool to repair frequent boot problems.
Website: https:/
More info: https:/
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20230316) focal InRelease
Hit:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20230316) focal Release
Hit:4 http://
Hit:5 http://
Hit:6 http://
Hit:7 http://
Reading package lists... Done
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20230316) focal InRelease
Hit:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20230316) focal Release
Hit:4 http://
Hit:5 http://
Hit:6 http://
Hit:7 http://
Reading package lists... Done
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install boot-repair
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
boot-sav boot-sav-extra efibootmgr glade2script glade2script-
pastebinit
Suggested packages:
boot-info mdadm os-uninstaller gir1.2-
The following NEW packages will be installed:
boot-repair boot-sav boot-sav-extra efibootmgr glade2script
glade2script-
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 375 not upgraded.
Need to get 38.1 kB/770 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,454 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20230316) focal/main amd64 efibootmgr amd64 17-1 [28.1 kB]
Err:2 http://
403 Forbidden [IP: 185.125.190.80 80]
Err:3 http://
403 Forbidden [IP: 185.125.190.80 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://
E: Failed to fetch http://
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
Also try this
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade --fix-missing
sudo apt-get install foo --fix-missing
but my problem is the same
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.19
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CasperVersion: 1.445.3
Date: Tue Apr 9 17:30:31 2024
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20230316)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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This question was originally filed as bug #2060755.