To overcome the problem on my machine I removed the following lines
/var/lib/dpkg/info/swtpm-libs:amd64.list:6:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/swtpm/libswtpm_libtpms.so.0.0.0 /var/lib/dpkg/info/swtpm-libs:amd64.list:12:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/swtpm/libswtpm_libtpms.so.0
and ran 'apt-get purge swtpm-libs'.
To overcome the problem on my machine I removed the following lines
/var/lib/ dpkg/info/ swtpm-libs: amd64.list: 6:/usr/ lib/x86_ 64-linux- gnu/swtpm/ libswtpm_ libtpms. so.0.0. 0 dpkg/info/ swtpm-libs: amd64.list: 12:/usr/ lib/x86_ 64-linux- gnu/swtpm/ libswtpm_ libtpms. so.0
/var/lib/
and ran 'apt-get purge swtpm-libs'.