.\" Hey, Emacs! This is an -*- nroff -*- source file. .TH UPDATE\-ALTERNATIVES 8 "29th November 1995" "Debian Project" "Debian GNU/Linux" .SH NAME update\-alternatives \- Debian package installation tool .SH DESCRIPTION .B update\-alternatives does not have a useful man page. Please do not report this as a bug, as this has already been done many times. Instead, if you are a competent and accurate writer and are willing to spend the time reading the source code and writing good manpages please write a better man page than this one. Type .B update\-alternatives \-\-help for a brief summary of how to use dpkg. .SH AUTHOR Ian Jackson .