Hi,
In my struggle today to get python2.4 installed on my CentOS4 system, I saw that it installed a packaged called alternatives which is supposed to handle symbolic links to default commands in a nice clean, structured way. However, I am having trouble understanding how this thing works.
I have read the man page half a dozen times already, and yet the alternative link for python which was installed doesn't seem to follow what is written in the man page. I am trying to modify the default behaviour for it, but having a lot of difficulty.
Of course, with a name like "alternatives", it makes searching Google, tldp.com, etc very difficult.
Does anyone have experience with this package and/or can anyone point me in the direction of some good examples, documentation for it? Something a bit more explanative than the man page.
Thanks!
Eric