From: Charles Kroeger on
OK..solved my own question:

should have been:

$ update-alternatives --display x-www-browser

instead of:

$ update-alternatives -display x-www-browser

for the want of a dash an error message is returned.

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From: Aioanei Rares on
On 04/15/2010 08:06 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
> On my system, sid, this command wouldn't work:
>
>
>> $ update-alternatives --display x-www-browser
>>
> this command will:
>
> $ update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
>
> why is that?
>
>
Works here...


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From: Ron Johnson on
On 2010-04-15 12:06, Charles Kroeger wrote:
> On my system, sid, this command wouldn't work:
>
>> $ update-alternatives --display x-www-browser
>
> this command will:
>
> $ update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
>
> why is that?
>

It better not work from an unprivileged account!

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