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0001 README for Kalternatives 0002 ------------------------ 0003 0004 Kalternatives is a KDE program that a allows you to easily configure and 0005 change the alternatives system of your distribution, if supported. 0006 0007 What is an Alternatives System? 0008 ------------------------------- 0009 0010 An "alternatives system" is designed to allow the system administrator to 0011 select an alternative when there are several options that provide the same 0012 file or functionality. For example, there could be several different packages 0013 that provide the command "vi" (the standard POSIX text editor) and your 0014 distribution could allow you to have more than one option installed (for 0015 example, to satisfy the needs for different users on a multiuser system). 0016 But, how does the system knows which of the installed programs must be run 0017 when "vi" is entered on a shell? The answer is: using the alternatives system. 0018 This system keeps a database of provided alternatives for every option on 0019 /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives (in case of Debian and rerived ditributions, for 0020 example) and a collection of links on /etc/alternatives that point to the real 0021 program. So, if your default version of "vi" is "vim", the link /usr/bin/vi 0022 will point to /etc/alternatives/vi that points to /usr/bin/vim. But if in the 0023 future you would like to change /usr/bin/vi to point to the nvi executable you 0024 could: 0025 0026 1. Change the link on /etc/alternatives/vi by hand. 0027 2. Use the Debian command `update-alternatives --config vi` 0028 3. Use Kalternatives. 0029 0030 Which distribution are supported? 0031 --------------------------------- 0032 0033 The supported distribution are: 0034 - Debian 0035 - Fedora 0036 - Mandriva 0037 - openSUSE 0038 - Ubuntu 0039 (see INSTALL for knowing how to specify which one when compiling) 0040 0041 If you want to add support for another distribution, feel free to contact me. 0042 0043 Who do I have to whine if the program fails for me? 0044 -------------------------------------------------- 0045 0046 Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>