![]() Setting until explicitly requested to do so. usr/bin/ed instead, and the alternatives system will not alter this System administrator can override this and cause it to refer to usr/bin/editor to refer to /usr/bin/nvi by default. System, the alternatives system will cause the generic name If the text editors ed(1) and nvi(1) are both installed on the The alternatives system and the system administrator togetherĭetermine which actual file is referenced by this generic name. Name in the filesystem is shared by all files providing interchangeableįunctionality. To the users of a system, allowing each to use a different editor, ifĭesired, but makes it difficult for a program to make a good choice for anĮditor to invoke if the user has not specified a particular preference.ĭebian's alternatives system aims to solve this problem. Many systems have several text editors installed at once. It is possible for several programs fulfilling the same or similarįunctions to be installed on a single system at the same time. Update-alternatives creates, removes, maintains andĭisplays information about the symbolic links comprising the Debian Update-alternatives command DESCRIPTION ¶ Update-alternatives - maintain symbolic links determining default
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