package linux-firmware 1.157.14 failed to install/upgrade: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured

[John Duncan]

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS

System error keeps occuring

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.157.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-40.44~16.04.1-lowlatency 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-40-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 7 11:38:18 2017
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-firmware:1.157.14
 Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libxml2:amd64 (--configure):
  package libxml2:amd64 is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-16 (82 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package linux-firmware 1.157.14 failed to install/upgrade: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)