Re: bash: which: command not found? + (E: Unable to locate package which? ...)

[mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2022-07-08 11:30, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:

> Not every binary is contained in a package called like it.
> That's what "apt-file" is for (in the same named package):
>
>     tomas@trotzki:~$ apt-file search bin/which
>     debian-goodies: /usr/bin/which-pkg-broke
>     debian-goodies: /usr/bin/which-pkg-broke-build
>     debianutils: /usr/bin/which
>     emboss: /usr/bin/whichdb
>     whichman: /usr/bin/whichman

here on bookworm
mick@pumpkin:~$ ls -la /usr/bin |grep which
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          23 Jan 23 18:05 which -> 
/etc/alternatives/which
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root         946 May  1 17:47 which.debianutils
mick@pumpkin:~$

what are these "alternatives" ?

mick