cannot install tzdata-java on 12.04 LTS

[Colin Law]

On 16 August 2013 11:04, thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:15:10 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>
>>> http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/precise/main/updates/tzdata-
> java
>>>
>>>
>>> but what's wrong with apt that it can't resolve this?
>>
>> Make sure that you have security and/or updates enabled in your s/w
>> sources
>
>
> Ok, I did that (forgot about that setting), but only after installing
> tzdata-java as per http://superuser.com/questions/478284/ which I think
> might be a bug(?).
>
> Should I remove the manually installed package and, with this setting,
> will apt install the correct version?  Or, is the whole thing a bug?
> (There's a link to the bug report on the superuser question.)

That is what I would do, at least initially.  You can easily
re-install it manually again if it does not work.  If you leave the
manually installed one then it will not automatically update.

Colin