package sensible-utils 0.0.9 failed to install/upgrade: package sensible-utils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[John Steely]

could not install

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: sensible-utils 0.0.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 22 10:40:58 2018
Dependencies:

DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package sensible-utils (--configure):
  package sensible-utils is not ready for configuration
  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package sensible-utils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-22 (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: sensible-utils
Title: package sensible-utils 0.0.9 failed to install/upgrade: package sensible-utils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)