package liblouis9:amd64 2.6.4-2 failed to install/upgrade: package liblouis9:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Jacob Fountain]

Tried killing process 9070 using sudo kill command. Then tried sudo apt-get install freeglut3 freeglut3-dev to install program.

I received this message.

Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: liblouis9:amd64 2.6.4-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-49-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 25 17:36:16 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu9
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 liblouis-data 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:liblouis9:amd64:2.6.4-2
 Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package liblouis9:amd64 (--configure):
  package liblouis9:amd64 is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package liblouis9:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-24 (184 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: liblouis
Title: package liblouis9:amd64 2.6.4-2 failed to install/upgrade: package liblouis9:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)