cdist-type__update_alternatives7
Configure alternatives
Overview
On Debian and alike systems update-alternatives(1) can be used to setup alternatives for various programs. One of the most common used targets is the "editor".
Required parameters
path-
Use this path for the given alternative
Boolean parameters
install-
Add (update-alternatives --install) missing path to alternatives.
Examples
# Setup vim as the default editor __update_alternatives editor --path /usr/bin/vim.basic
Copying
Copyright (C) 2013 Nico Schottelius and 2020 Ander Punnar. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.