On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 08:29:29AM +1100, Brian Salter-Duke wrote:
> ...
> >
> > Under Debian you could run
> >
> > sudo update-alternatives --config mutt
> >
> > to choose which mutt (patched or not) to run by default. I guess that
> > Ubuntu is similar. Thus, it was not really necessary to
> > uninstall/reinstall in order to test and choose among the two mutt
> > versions. Of
> > course, you already did...
>
> Indeed. I used the synaptic package manager. That is probably more
> simple minded than updating from a prompt in the terminal. Nevertheless
> it is very easy to use.
>
I guess there is some confusion: Synaptic, like aptitude and apt-get,
is for installing and removing packages. Update-alternatives is to
choose which program to use when you have several programs installed
that offer similar functionality, such as the patched and the
un-patched versions of mutt. You may install both using synaptics and
then choose which one to use (by default) without uninstalling the
other.
Regards,
Luis
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