galternatives(1)

✨ galternatives — the glow-up your alternatives deserve ✨

okay bestie, sit down, because this one is a lil utility but it's lowkey iconic. this is the galternatives(1) page, section 1 of the general commands manual, and it's about to make your whole update-alternatives situation cute. 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

galternatives — a front-end to the update-alternatives

like, literally a front-end. it's giving "i made the scary CLI into a whole vibe." 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

galternatives [OPTIONS...] [Alternative Group]

so you run galternatives, you can sprinkle some options in there, and you can optionally name a specific Alternative Group if you already know which one you're obsessed with. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea. galternatives is a front-end to the Debian update-alternatives tools. 🫶

and what does that even mean? it means galternatives lets you pick a preferred application to handle all those commonly-used commands. like, when five different programs are all fighting over who gets to be editor or java or whatever — galternatives is the queen bee who sorts that out for you. 👑

no cap, it's the main character energy your system's symlinks have been waiting for.

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

one bullet per option, bestie, we are not skipping a single one. every flag gets its moment. 🎀

• -h, --help — shows the help options. the classic "what do u even do" button. 💜
• -d, --debug — turns on debug output, for when you need to see everything going on behind the scenes. 🔍
• -n, --normal — do not try to acquire root (as a normal user). so if you're just a regular lil user and you don't want it reaching for the big-girl privileges, this is your girl. 🙈
• --altdir ALTDIR — specify the alternatives directory. you tell it where the alternatives live. 🏠
• --admindir ADMINDIR — specify the administrative directory. the admin side of the house. 🗂️
• --log LOG — specify the log file. so everything it does gets written down. very "dear diary" of it. 📓

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page is written by Andrew Burton, Yangfl for the Debian Project (but may be used by others). periodt. 💅 credit where credit is due, bestie. 🫶

🌟 a lil sign-off 🌟

and that's the whole galternatives(1) page from the General Commands Manual — you read it, you understood it, you slayed. go forth and make your alternatives immaculate. ✨💖🌸

iykyk 🦋