package linux-firmware 1.157.12 failed to install/upgrade: unable to create '/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin'): Permission denied

I lost my wifi years ago and have never been able to find a fix, so I'm thinking this has something to do with missing drivers, or something. I over wrote the original windows OS, so....not sure...I had multiple people try and help me on askubuntu, but nothing worked. I gave up.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.157.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 22 09:46:23 2018
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-firmware:1.157.12
 Unpacking linux-firmware (1.157.17) over (1.157.12) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.157.17_all.deb (--unpack):
  unable to create '/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin'): Permission denied
ErrorMessage: unable to create '/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin'): Permission denied
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-27 (576 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.26
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
Title: package linux-firmware 1.157.12 failed to install/upgrade: unable to create '/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin'): Permission denied
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)