Paul E Condon: > > I can't find a way to simply list the link groups, or a way to learn > what packages actually use/set which each link group.
"ls /etc/alternatives" shows all the link groups on your system. It
doesn't say which package uses which link group, though.
For each file in /etc/alternatives (except all of the $n.gz files) you
can run
update-alternatives --list $filename
to see all available options, e.g:
update-alternatives --list editor
/bin/ed
/bin/nano
/usr/bin/vim.tiny
/usr/bin/mcedit-debian
/usr/bin/vim.basic
If you want to change a link run:
update-alternatives --config editor
There are 5 alternatives which provide `editor'.
Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
1 /bin/ed
*+ 2 /bin/nano
3 /usr/bin/vim.tiny
4 /usr/bin/mcedit-debian
5 /usr/bin/vim.basic
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 5
Using '/usr/bin/vim.basic' to provide 'editor'.
J.
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