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Ubuntu's /etc/alternatives mechanism

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I'm trying to better understand Ubuntu's /etc/alternatives mechanism. The basics are easy: it allow for multiple "providers" to be installed on the same machine, and configures which is the default. For instance if you have Java SE 5 and Java SE 6 installed /etc/alternatives handles which is your d…

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Fix for: Ubuntu's /etc/alternatives mechanism

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Afaik, you create an alternative using the --install option of the update-alternatives command. You can add this command to the package post-install scripts if you wanted to register a package as an alternative. You can make your package the default…

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