How to Install galternatives software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install galternatives software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

galternatives software package provides graphical setup tool for the alternatives system, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install galternatives 

galternatives is installed in your system.

Make ensure the galternatives package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep galternatives *

You will get with galternatives package name, version, architecture and description in a table

galternatives package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Administration Utilities
Package galternatives
Version 0.13.5+nmu3
Description graphical setup tool for the alternatives system
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove galternatives software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?