Update-alternatives

update-alternatives - Verwaltung symbolischer Links zur Bestimmung von Standardwerten für Befehle

Anwendungen

get-selections

sudo update-alternatives --get-selections
animate                        auto     /usr/bin/animate-im6.q16
animate-im6                    auto     /usr/bin/animate-im6.q16
aptitude                       auto     /usr/bin/aptitude-curses
arptables                      auto     /usr/sbin/arptables-nft
automake                       auto     /usr/bin/automake-1.16
awk                            auto     /usr/bin/gawk
builtins.7.gz                  auto     /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz
c++                            auto     /usr/bin/g++
c89                            auto     /usr/bin/c89-gcc
c99                            auto     /usr/bin/c99-gcc
cc                             auto     /usr/bin/gcc
[...]

config

sudo update-alternatives --config vi
There are 2 choices for the alternative vi (providing /usr/bin/vi).

  Selection    Path                Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/vim.basic   30        auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/vim.basic   30        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/vim.tiny    15        manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

sudo update-alternatives --config editor
[sudo] password for dirkwagner:
There are 3 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor).

Selection    Path                Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /bin/nano            40        auto mode
  1            /bin/nano            40        manual mode
* 2            /usr/bin/vim.basic   30        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/vim.tiny    15        manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

Aufruf

$ update-alternatives [Option …] Befehl

Dokumentation

Man-Page

1. update-alternatives(1)
2. dpkg suite
3. update-alternatives(1) 1.21.9 2022-10-15

Siehe auch

1. ln(1)
2. FHS (der Dateisystem-Hierarchie-Standard, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard)