On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 18:20 -0400, Eric B. wrote: > 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. As an end-user, the only important commands you need are: "alternatives --display <name>": Show information about an alternative "alternatives --config <name>": Allow selection of an alternative "ls /var/lib/alternatives": Show valid alternatives -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080311/1b6f5bbb/attachment-0004.sig>