package isc-dhcp-common 4.3.3-5ubuntu12.7 failed to install/upgrade: package isc-dhcp-common is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Lawrence Isbell]

having trouble updating.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: isc-dhcp-common 4.3.3-5ubuntu12.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-53-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 8 22:27:25 2017
Dependencies:
 debianutils 4.7
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu7
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 sensible-utils 0.0.9
DuplicateSignature:
 package:isc-dhcp-common:4.3.3-5ubuntu12.7
 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
 dpkg: error processing package isc-dhcp-common (--configure):
  package isc-dhcp-common is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package isc-dhcp-common is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-25 (44 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: isc-dhcp
Title: package isc-dhcp-common 4.3.3-5ubuntu12.7 failed to install/upgrade: package isc-dhcp-common is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)