NAME

       cdist-type__update_alternatives - Configure alternatives

DESCRIPTION

       On  Debian  and alike systems update-alternatives(1) can be used to setup alternatives for
       various programs.  One of the most common used targets is the "editor".

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       path   Use this path for the given alternative

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

       install
              Add (update-alternatives --install) missing path to alternatives.

EXAMPLES

          # Setup vim as the default editor
          __update_alternatives editor --path /usr/bin/vim.basic

SEE ALSO

       cdist-type__debconf_set_selections(7), update-alternatives(8)

AUTHORS

       Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org> Ander Punnar <ander@kvlt.ee>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2013 Nico Schottelius and 2020 Ander Punnar. You can redistribute it  and/or
       modify  it  under  the  terms  of  the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
       Software Foundation, either version 3 of the  License,  or  (at  your  option)  any  later
       version.

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2020