alternatives's Examples

create an altenative for the new binary  with a high priority

$ alternatives --install/usr/bn/em uemacs/opt/em-legacy/em2 1

list all the alternatives 

$ alternatives --list

it gives version of te laternatives that is running in the system

$ update-alternatives --version

we ca  mnow the configuration with config

$ update-alternatives --config editor

remove micro alternative in the editor group with remove command

$ update-alternatives --remove editor /usr/bin/micro

remove micro alternative in the editor group with remove command

$ update-alternatives --remove editor /usr/bin/micro

get all alternative commands by using the get selections command

$ update-alternatives --get-selections

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