trying to do usual system update, got part way trough and stopped. restarted systempackage ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.4.17.7 failed to install/upgrade: package ubuntu-drivers-common is already installed and configured

[Alfie Hole]

a system update.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.4.17.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 640:1000:114:256691:2018-02-26 15:07:33.276755809 +0000:2018-02-26 15:07:34.276755809 +0000:/var/crash/_usr_bin_nautilus.1000.crash
 600:0:114:91542:2018-03-03 14:39:53.889679670 +0000:2018-03-03 14:39:54.889679670 +0000:/var/crash/ubuntu-drivers-common.0.crash
 640:1000:114:80356:2018-03-03 14:17:21.797251912 +0000:2018-03-03 14:23:44.309150516 +0000:/var/crash/_usr_bin_update-manager.1000.crash
 600:0:114:91524:2018-03-03 14:39:54.937656820 +0000:2018-03-03 14:39:54.917666389 +0000:/var/crash/isc-dhcp-common.0.crash
 600:0:114:91524:2018-03-03 14:39:54.917666389 +0000:2018-03-03 14:39:54.889679786 +0000:/var/crash/isc-dhcp-client.0.crash
Date: Sat Mar 3 14:39:54 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:ubuntu-drivers-common:1:0.4.17.7
 Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.2-0ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-drivers-common (--configure):
  package ubuntu-drivers-common is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package ubuntu-drivers-common is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-03 (545 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.25
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.4.17.7 failed to install/upgrade: package ubuntu-drivers-common is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-10-10 (508 days ago)