malcolm:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/gimp-remote
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 24 Mar 31 11:38 /etc/alternatives/gimp-remote -> /usr/bin/gimp-remote-2.2

malcolm:~# ls -l /usr/bin/gimp-remote*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    29 Mar 17 15:00 /usr/bin/gimp-remote -> /etc/alternatives/gimp-remote
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 11676 Jul 19  2006 /usr/bin/gimp-remote-2.2

malcolm:~# update-alternatives --display gimp-remote
No alternatives for gimp-remote.