LKBEN11078: How to switch alternatives easily in debian
Symptom
You need to change some alternative for a certain application
Cause
This is by design
Solution
I do not like the alternatives system on the command line. I like to use galternatives which has a nice GUI which makes it possible to change settings with the mouse.
To install galternatives you just use:
apt-get install galternatives
To change e.g. the java execution environment from gij to sun java, you just click on java and select the appropriate version you would like to start.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.