gconftool not present despite installing gconf2

[Colin Stark]

Binary package hint: gconf2

I just did a clean install of Karmic and tried to use gconftool to change a setting and got the message:

lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

When trying to run gconftool:
The program 'gconftool' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install gconf2
bash: gconftool: command not found

However, gconf2 is installed:

gconf2:
  Installed: 2.26.2-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.26.2-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.26.2-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

So is gconf2-common:
gconf2-common:
  Installed: 2.26.2-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.26.2-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.26.2-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The file /usr/bin/gconftool-2 is present and I solved the problem by creating a symbolic link from gconftool to gconftool-2.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

right the command is name gconftool-2 that's not a bug but an user error

[Colin Stark (cstark)]

In that case, the command-not-found data needs to be updated.
As shown below, when typing "gconftool" into the terminal, the user is instructed to install gconf2.

colin@colinlaptop:~$ gconftool
The program 'gconftool' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install gconf2
-bash: gconftool: command not found

The error should only be the last line of that message.

However, I did notice that in previous versions of Ubuntu, /usr/bin/gconftool pointed to /etc/alternatives/gconftool which in turn would have pointed to either /usr/bin/gconftool-2 or /usr/bin/gconftool-1. I'm not sure if this was removed by design or if this is a regression.