On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 07:48:29AM +0100, users@linuxforums.org wrote: > Debian 3.0 > > Usage: update-alternatives --install <link> <name> > <path> <priority> > [--slave <link> <name> <path>] ... > > <name> is the name in /etc/alternatives. > <path> is the name referred to. > <link> is the link pointing to /etc/alternatives/<name>. > <priority> is an integer; options with higher numbers are > chosen. > > I'm trying to update my /usr/bin/vi to use gvim instead of vim. > Currently, /usr/bin/vi is a symbolic link pointing to > /etc/alternatives/vi. > > david:/home/david# ls -l /usr/bin/vi > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Apr 3 11:49 /usr/bin/vi -> > /etc/alternatives/vi > Hi, on my system, /usr/bin/vi->/etc/alternatives/vi->/usr/bin/vim does yours/should yours look like: /usr/bin/vi->/etc/alternatives/vi->/usr/bin/gvim ? Also, would it help to purge vi,vim,gvim and then install them? -Kev
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