On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 08:17:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 14:33:22 +0300, Dmitrii Odintcov wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> >
> > This has occurred to me, but seemed like a bit of a hack and less
> > convenient to transfer to other machines...
> >
> > > do it manually, no
On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 14:33:22 +0300, Dmitrii Odintcov wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
>
> This has occurred to me, but seemed like a bit of a hack and less
> convenient to transfer to other machines...
>
> > do it manually, not with update-alternatives
> Why so? Could I not feed the script path to update
Hi Greg,
This has occurred to me, but seemed like a bit of a hack and less
convenient to transfer to other machines...
> do it manually, not with update-alternatives
Why so? Could I not feed the script path to update-alternatives install?
Thanks
On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 at 14:02, Greg Wooledge wr
On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 13:09:06 +0300, Dmitrii Odintcov wrote:
> Let's say I want to install VS Code / Codium as an alternative for
> `/usr/bin/editor`, but I want it to always run with `--wait
> --reuse-window` so that other software can rely on the editor
> returning after the file is saved (lik
On 06/29/2020 07:38 PM, David wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 22:16, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm looking for something that aims to answer "What can
update-alternatives do for me today?". IOW the manpage gives fine
details but no sense of perspective.
Have a read of this page [1] about half-way
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 22:16, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm looking for something that aims to answer "What can
> update-alternatives do for me today?". IOW the manpage gives fine
> details but no sense of perspective.
Have a read of this page [1] about half-way down under the heading:
"DEBIAN SPE
On Mon, 29 Jun, 2020 at 10:21:18 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote:
[...]
> > Have you reviewed any notes regarding what it did for you yesterday?
>
> Yesterday's problems stemmed from installing mate-desktop-environment rather
> than task-mate-desktop ;{
Who
On Mon 29 Jun 2020 at 10:21:18 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote:
[...]
> > Have you reviewed any notes regarding what it did for you yesterday?
>
> Yesterday's problems stemmed from installing mate-desktop-environment rather
> than task-mate-desktop ;{
>
>
On 06/29/2020 09:29 AM, Brian wrote:
On Mon 29 Jun 2020 at 08:52:24 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/29/2020 07:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote:
Hello,
If you want the desktop environmen
On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote:
Hello,
If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically
check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment
$> systemctl set-default graphic
On Mon 29 Jun 2020 at 08:52:24 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/29/2020 07:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > If you want the desktop environment to be
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote:
Hello,
If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically
check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment
$> systemctl set-default graphical.target
If this is already setup, and
On 06/29/2020 07:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote:
Hello,
If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that
systemd is configured to run in graphical environment
$>
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:15:56AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that
> >systemd is configured to run in graphical environment
> >
> > $> systemctl set-default graphical
On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file somewhere, bu
On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file somewhere, bu
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 06:55:58PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > openbox doesn't have a GUI for setting up the association you want.
> > Instead, go to the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list (creating it if
> > necessary) and add the following:
> >
> > [Add
On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin wrote:
On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
(Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than
to the mailing list?)
I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser;
getting fir
On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I
can't recall where.
On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
>> (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than
>> to the mailing list?)
>>
>>> I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser;
>>> getting firefox or iceweasel to use icedov
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I
can't recall where.
Crank up Settings Manager and edit your d
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 04:50:49PM -0400, Anthony Baldwin wrote:
> I just want icedove to be the default mua, and to work with chromium when I
> click on a mailto:// link.
I don't have Icedove handy, but on Thunderbird, I just go to
edit -> preferences -> advanced, then click "check now" under "S
I've tried removing and re-creating the symlinks for mail, Mail and
mailx in /etc/alternatives an pointing them to icedove, and still when I
click on any mailto link, I get a terminal with Mutt.
I don't even have mutt configured on this machine, my mail provider
seems to not like mutt
I've goog
On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
(Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than
to the mailing list?)
I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser;
getting firefox or iceweasel to use icedove is like falling off a log
it's so easy. I had it
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:56:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> Indeed:
> # update-alternatives --get-selections | grep mail
> mailx auto /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
>
> but also:
> # update-alternatives --config mailx
> There is only one alternative in link group mailx (provid
On 2016-09-16 at 10:56, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> On 09/16/2016 10:29 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
>
>> On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having another headache...
>>>
>>> I want to make Icedove the default mail client.
>>> I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now def
On 09/16/2016 10:29 AM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote:
I'm having another headache...
I want to make Icedove the default mail client.
I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd).
But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-
On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> I'm having another headache...
>
> I want to make Icedove the default mail client.
> I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd).
> But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-alternative or
> some other means..
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:10:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> I can't seem to find or figure out how to list all the alternatives I
> can manage with update-alternatives.
> I mean, I can get a list for a particular item, like x-www-browser or
> editor, but I want a list of all those possible th
Hi,
Am 5. September 2016 14:31:45 MESZ, schrieb Tony Baldwin :
>I have done
>sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser about 50 times in this
>past week, and chosen chromium-browser as my goto/default, but links
>from icedove keep opening in iceweasel, no matter what.
>???
Most GUI applic
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 05:06:51PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
>
> "Priorities" is a package (and also a repository) concept.
>
> What "update-alternatives" allows is setting the default aplication when
> several programs provide the same funcionality (e.g., browsers, text
> editors, java virtual m
On Wed, 16 May 2012 09:28:08 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:44:28PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
>
>
>> And what's what you want to get exactly?
>>
>> > So what does the --auto option do otherwise than showing me what I
>> > have already seen in the --config screen?
>>
>> It
On 05/16/2012 09:28 AM, Johann Spies wrote:
Even though technically correct, it did not help me on the first (and
second read) to understand it correctly although I am an experienced
Debian user and was system administrator for 10 years.
patch for the man page? :)
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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:44:28PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
>
> And what's what you want to get exactly?
>
> > So what does the --auto option do otherwise than showing me what I have
> > already seen in the --config screen?
>
> It does exactly what the man page says :-)
>
> --auto link
> Switch
On Tue, 15 May 2012 09:17:25 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> I have checked the man page and the Debian Handbook but I am not sure
> how to influence the 'auto' setting for update-alnatives.
(...)
> I cannot figure out from this how to get to 'auto' mode.
(...)
And what's what you want to get e
On Ma, 15 mai 12, 09:17:25, Johann Spies wrote:
> I have checked the man page and the Debian Handbook but I am not sure
> how to influence the 'auto' setting for update-alternatives.
I think you are misunderstanding the meaning of 'auto' in the context of
update-alternatives. 'auto' means that a
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
> On Mi, 28 mar 12, 11:08:13, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>> wrote:
>> > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> On Jo, 22 mar 1
On Wed 28 Mar 2012 at 18:35:49 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> By "locally diverting" Sven meant using dpkg-divert(8) which is the
> correct tool for what he ended up doing.
I have a machine for which I want to manually manage grub.cfg and I
agree totally with you (and Sven, of course). It's a br
> 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.
On 14.04.09 10:03, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> "ls /etc/alternatives" shows all the link groups on your system. It
> doesn't say which package uses which l
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/altern
Paul E Condon wrote:
There are several command options to update alternative that require
that the user supply a name or a specific link group. 'link group' is
a term of art for which there is much discussion in the man page, but
I don't see instructions for merely listing all the legitimate cur
Paul E Condon wrote:
There are several command options to update alternative that require
that the user supply a name or a specific link group. 'link group' is
a term of art for which there is much discussion in the man page, but
I don't see instructions for merely listing all the legitimate cur
Paul E Condon:
> There are several command options to update alternative that require
> that the user supply a name or a specific link group. 'link group' is
> a term of art for which there is much discussion in the man page, but
> I don't see instructions for merely listing all the legitimate cur
Paolo Pantaleo wrote:
2005/8/26, Marcel Gschwandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 11:50 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
I think that * update-alternatives is a good facility
It isn't, really.
IMHO it is.
The alternatives system would be even better if it wa
2005/8/26, Marcel Gschwandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 11:50 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
>
> > > I think that * update-alternatives is a good facility
> >
> > It isn't, really.
> IMHO it is.
Thnx fot the support Marcel, moreover i want to say that
update-alternatives is documented
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 09:20:47PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 11:24:40PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Yes, they were very carefully compiled with good old 2.95, until mid-may
> > week, when they finally switched over to using 3.2.
>
> That raises a couple of more general is
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 11:24:40PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Chris Caldwell wrote:
> > Anyone know what the pre-packaged kernel-images are compiled
> > with? I haven't used one beyond a base install in years.
>
> Yes, they were very carefully compiled with good old 2.95, until mid-may
> week, when
--- Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, D. Hoyem wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> > I'm running a PII 350 with Woody and use Window
> > Maker. After the Woody install it had a different
> > window manager installed i.e.Blackbox. I did a
> > update-alternatives --config x-
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, D. Hoyem wrote:
> Hi all
> I'm running a PII 350 with Woody and use Window
> Maker. After the Woody install it had a different
> window manager installed i.e.Blackbox. I did a
> update-alternatives --config x-window-manager and
> chose Window Maker. Now what will happen,
on Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 05:50:44PM +0100, Holger Rauch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Hello!
>
> After having migrated to Debian 2.2, one feature I found particularly
> interesting is it's alternative system. Since it can easily be used to
> change the default window manager (using it in conjunctio
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 06:28:34AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Not quite, I think.
>
> The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives for
> "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application is chosen
> I'm not sure.
>
> In my current case, I want to speci
> "Karsten" == kmself writes:
Dave> The easy way would be
Dave>
Dave> update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
Dave>
Dave> and select wmaker from the list to be your default.
Karsten> For those who are interested, the following script (run in
Karsten> /etc/alternatives) will list all
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 11:06:57AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
> > The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives
> > for "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application
> > is chosen I'm not sure.
>
> Despite the claim at the top of
kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
> The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives for
> "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application is chosen
> I'm not sure.
Despite the claim at the top of --display's output, "auto" appears to be an
action rather than a state. Wh
On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 11:36:12PM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> On Aug 07 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > Can someone give me an example or two for how to change perferences
> > under /etc/alternatives using update-alternatives?
>
> Ok. To make a system work correctly, you'd do:
>
>
On Aug 07 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Can someone give me an example or two for how to change perferences
> under /etc/alternatives using update-alternatives?
Ok. To make a system work correctly, you'd do:
apt-get update
apt-get -y install emacs20 :-)
updat
Ian Zimmerman writes:
> Whoever is responsible for update-alternatives in Debian, please consider
> merging this into the official version.
That would be Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : update-alternatives
is part of the dpkg package. The way to get him to consider your patch is
to file a
> "Eric" == Eric G Miller writes:
itz> However, that's not how it seems to work on potato. I noticed
itz> that after the installation I got /etc/alternatives/awk pointing
itz> to /usr/bin/mawk and /etc/alternatives/awk.1.gz pointing to
itz> /usr/man/man1/mawk.1.gz. Since I prefer gawk, I di
On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 11:21:25AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> However, that's not how it seems to work on potato. I noticed that
> after the installation I got /etc/alternatives/awk pointing to
> /usr/bin/mawk and /etc/alternatives/awk.1.gz pointing to
> /usr/man/man1/mawk.1.gz. Since I prefer
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