alternatives

Collection: community.general

Full Name: parallax.community.general.alternatives

Aliases: community.general.alternatives, alternatives

Synopsis

Manage symbolic links in the update-alternatives system

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	yes		The generic name of the link group (e.g. editor, java)
path	string	yes		The path to the real alternative
link	string			The path to the symlink for the alternative
priority	int		`50`	The priority of the alternative
state	string		`present`	Whether the alternative should be present or absent

Example

- name: Make Python 3.11 the default python3
  alternatives:
    name: python3
    path: /usr/bin/python3.11
    link: /usr/bin/python3
    priority: 100
    state: present