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   From: Thomas Kuehn    
   Subject: Re: Automake 1.9 on Ubuntu Dapper 6.06   
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
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   Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:43:20 +0100   
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   Reply-To: Thomas Kuehn    
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   > I do not know enough about automake, but it confuses me that it says   
   > 1.9 is installed, and the system only presents 1.4.  Until now, I   
   > never had a problem with it and did not touch it.   
      
   Some hints for newbees: apropos _searchterm_ gives help where to find   
   more help. Switching automake versions is done in /etc/alternatives so   
   typing 'apropos alternatives' in a konsole prints out on my system:   
      
   update-alternatives (8) - maintain symbolic links ...   
   update-java-alternatives (8) - update alternatives ...   
      
   Browsing the manual page 'man update-alternatives' give the hint that   
   'update-alternatives --config automake' will give you a prompt to change   
   the default automake installation. Because it's ubuntu, it might be a good   
   idea to type a 'sudo' before the command ;-).   
      
   In another thread is a discussion about command line vs. GUI. I'm tied to   
   command line, but a 'apt-cache search alternatives' spits out that there   
   is a graphical alternative named (surprisingly) "galternatives".   
      
   With best regards   
    Thomas   
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