matiu@speedy:~/tmp/qt$ sudo update-alternatives --remove-all /usr/bin/assistant assistant "/usr/bin/assistant-qt4" "40" --slave /usr/share/man/man1/assistant.1.gz assistant.1.gz "/usr/share/man/man1/assistant-qt4.1.gz" update-alternatives: error: unknown argument `assistant' matiu@speedy:~/tmp/qt$ sudo update-alternatives --remove-all /usr/bin/assistant update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for /usr/bin/assistant.