package shim-signed 1.33.1~16.04.1+13-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package shim-signed is already installed and configured

[conrad r kressley]

i was trying to run apt-get and/or
sudo apt-get install git libcurl4-openssl-dev build-essential libjansson-dev autotools-dev automake

neither would work because of 2 processes still running.
apt
and
aptd

i ran to view process(s)
ps -A | grep apt

i ran
sudo kill -9 'processnumber'
it looked like it worked but nothing changed as far as i know because because i still could not run apt
i was trying to update nvidia geforce driver to proprietary but ialso tried to change it back

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: shim-signed 1.33.1~16.04.1+13-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-135.161-generic 4.4.140
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-135-generic x86_64
.proc.sys.kernel.moksbstate_disabled: 0
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
AptOrdering:
 nvidia-340: Remove
 shim-signed: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 15 09:59:53 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:shim-signed:1.33.1~16.04.1+13-0ubuntu2
 Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.12) ...
 update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-135-generic
 dpkg: error processing package shim-signed (--configure):
  package shim-signed is already installed and configured
EFITables:
 Sep 14 02:47:59 conrad77-CX61-2PC kernel: efi: EFI v2.31 by American Megatrends
 Sep 14 02:47:59 conrad77-CX61-2PC kernel: efi: ESRT=0xcbf73998 ACPI=0xcb48d000 ACPI 2.0=0xcb48d000 SMBIOS=0xcbf73318
 Sep 14 02:47:59 conrad77-CX61-2PC kernel: esrt: Reserving ESRT space from 0x00000000cbf73998 to 0x00000000cbf739d0.
 Sep 14 02:47:59 conrad77-CX61-2PC kernel: Secure boot enabled
ErrorMessage: package shim-signed is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-05 (40 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160803)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.27
SecureBoot: 6 0 0 0 1
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package shim-signed 1.33.1~16.04.1+13-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package shim-signed is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-09-06 (9 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.