Questions tagged [update-alternatives]
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What exactly does `update-alternatives` do?
What is the command update-alternatives used for?
Take this example:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/local/java/jre1.7.0_09/bin/java 1
What does it do? How is it different from adding jdk to the path?
Let's say that I…
Developer Android
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Deepin-terminal not showing up in x-terminal-emulator list
Following this post I tried this command:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
But it doesn't list the deepin-terminal:
There are 2 choices for the alternative x-terminal-emulator (providing /usr/bin/
x-terminal-emulator).
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Update 10.04 to 12.04
In home PC Ubuntu 10.04 installed and no internet connection. I want to update it to 12.04.
i want download from my office PC (it is connected with internet)
Can I download only updated portion not entire OS.
user240398
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Is it possible to fix Ubuntu 16.04 by installing Ubuntu 16.04 over the top of the existing Ubuntu 16.04?
It was easy to install Ubuntu 16.04 over Ubuntu 15.10, and upgrading from version to version has always been easy, until I upgraded to 16.04 which seems to have been corrupted and is now seriously faulty. Software updater, update notifier, synaptic,…
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Unable to Update Kubuntu 20.04
Pop up states:
Cannot obtain lock E: Could not get lock/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend.
It is held by process 2197 (unattended-upgr)
W: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.
E: Unable to aquire the dpkg…
Chipmonk
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