package tzdata 2015b-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: package tzdata is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

[Sean Dennison]

System message when I logged in.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tzdata 2015b-0ubuntu0.14.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-49.83-generic 3.13.11-ckt17
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
AptOrdering: tzdata: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 21 07:12:05 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2015b-0ubuntu0.14.04:package tzdata is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package tzdata is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-19 (185 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2015b-0ubuntu0.14.04 failed to install/upgrade: package tzdata is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Relevant log:

```
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
 package tzdata is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
```

Were you able to update your system?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for tzdata (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]