package linux-firmware 1.157.12 failed to install/upgrade: package linux-firmware is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[nicolas belzanne]

when i was tto install bitwig studio, this error stopped the installation

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.157.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-35.39~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 3 19:27:38 2017
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-firmware:1.157.12
 Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
  package linux-firmware is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package linux-firmware is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-03 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
Title: package linux-firmware 1.157.12 failed to install/upgrade: package linux-firmware is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

You may need to run the following from a terminal:

sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

Then re-install the package or updates.

If that does not resolve your issue, please mark the bug as "Confirmed"