How to Install galternatives software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install galternatives software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

galternatives software package provides graphical setup tool for the alternatives system, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) 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 Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Administration Utilities
Package galternatives
Version 0.13.5+nmu2ubuntu1
Description graphical setup tool for the alternatives system
Sub Section Admin


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