Unable to locate package linux

Question

Started boot-repair on live-usb, removed grub, and then was instructed to write in terminal sudo chroot "/mnt/boot-sav/sda5" apt-get install -y --force-yes grub-pc linux but I get:

Reading package lists... Done 
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux

and it says grub is still absent.

Solution 1

The original command should not be,

apt-get install -y --force-yes grub-pc linux

It should be,

apt-get install -y --force-yes grub-pc

If you run apt-get install -y --force-yes grub-pc linux command, apt-get tries to find and install the packages grub-pc and linux. But there is no such linux package available.

E: Unable to locate package linux

The above part from the error report is your clue.

The presence of "linux" in the install line is a bug in boot-repair, and should be reported there.

Solution 2

The command line reported by boot-repair is apt-get install -y --force-yes grub-pc linux

Whether or not the word "linux" should be there is a different question.

Comments

[muru]

possible duplicate of Boot-repair can't complete a repair under Ubuntu Gnome 14.04

[user271668]

I do write it on one line, it appears broken because it is the end of the line (I copy paste actually)

[Haider Ali Wajihi]

thnx alot, it was too confusing for beginners like me. your answer did great help.