


Also, the currently selected one is also the Python 3 interpreter (/usr/bin/python3) as it has the highest priority and the mode is auto. The Python 3 interpreter (/usr/bin/python3) is the Best one as it has the highest priority. As the default mode is auto, the python alternatives selected the Python 3 interpreter alternative automatically as it has higher priority than Python 2 interpreter alternative.Īs you can see, the mode ( Status) is auto. This was because I wanted to set Python 3 interpreter as the default alternative for the python alternatives. In the earlier section, you’ve seen I’ve set the priority for Python 2 interpreter (/usr/bin/python2) alternative 20 and for Python 3 interpreter (/usr/bin/python3) alternative 40. The default mode for any alternatives is auto. In manual mode, you select the default command/executable/alternative for the alternatives manually. For the purpose of this tutorial we will select the Split Tool: As soon as the Split Tool has been selected, it is easy to see how a blue line will appear under it indicating it is currently set as. Select any tool of the alternate tool menu by clicking on it. In auto mode, the alternatives selects the command/executable/alternative with the highest available priority by default. Locate the Arrow Tool and click on the icon to show to alternate tool menu as: 3. As you can see, the python alternatives has 2 alternative commands /usr/bin/python2 (priority 20) and /usr/bin/python3 (priority 40).Įvery alternatives in the update-alternatives database has 2 modes: auto and manual.
