package linux-firmware 1.52.4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured

[Eric]

Attempting to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.1 through update manager

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: linux-firmware 1.52.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 18 14:33:31 2011
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package linux-firmware 1.52.4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (0 days ago)

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when
trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following
command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your
issue, but the failure could be caused by filesystem or memory
corruption. So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a
memory test. If this does resolve your bug please set its status to
Invalid. Thanks in advance!