package mysql-client-core-5.7 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: package mysql-client-core-5.7 is already installed and configured

[Ian Porter]

This bug appears when Ubuntu 16.04.02 loads up when running in Virtual Box

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mysql-client-core-5.7 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-46.49~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-46-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 600:0:116:54094:2017-04-14 06:00:46.318288803 -0400:2017-04-14 06:00:47.318288803 -0400:/var/crash/lightdm.0.crash
 600:0:116:54130:2017-04-14 06:00:46.546287775 -0400:2017-04-14 06:00:47.546287775 -0400:/var/crash/mysql-client-core-5.7.0.crash
 600:0:116:53647:2017-04-14 06:00:47.146289566 -0400:2017-04-14 06:00:47.010290172 -0400:/var/crash/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra.0.crash
Date: Fri Apr 14 06:00:47 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:mysql-client-core-5.7:5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
 dpkg: error processing package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (--configure):
  package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package mysql-client-core-5.7 is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-24 (26 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql]
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqldump.cnf:
 [mysqldump]
 quick
 quote-names
 max_allowed_packet = 16M
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['ib_buffer_pool', 'sys', 'performance_schema', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'ibtmp1', 'mysql', 'ibdata1', 'ib_logfile0', 'auto.cnf', 'ib_logfile1', 'debian-5.7.flag']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-46-generic root=UUID=83c40b41-7c33-42f2-a00c-520f1a70125e ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package mysql-client-core-5.7 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: package mysql-client-core-5.7 is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)