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| From | The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? |
| Date | 2016-09-16 16:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <si2t3-5We-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <si29H-5Pq-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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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.. > And something that's been bothering me for a while is: > 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 things to update > (x-www-browser, editor, etc.) > Is there such a list somewhere? From the man page, update-alternatives --get-selections looks like it should do what you want, at least as far as alternative groups currently present on the system. (Naturally, because any package can add a new link group - or the administrator can do it manually, if desired - nothing can provide a list of every possible link group which could exist.) I don't see any obvious sign of a generic "mail client" link group listed there, though. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 16:20 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-16 16:40 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 17:00 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-09-16 17:10 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-09-16 17:50 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 00:30 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-17 01:00 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-09-17 01:30 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 04:40 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 21:20 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-09-16 23:10 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-16 23:50 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 00:50 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-09-17 01:00 +0200
Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives? Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> - 2016-09-17 01:10 +0200
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