---
name: "rover"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rover"
version: "0.76.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rover"
---

# rover(1)

text-based light-weight frontend for update-alternatives

## NAME

rover - text-based light-weight frontend for update-alternatives

## SYNOPSYS

**rover** \[**-h**\] \[**-e\|--expression** *EXPRESSION*\] \[**-v\|--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Rover** is a text-based light-weight frontend for update-alternatives, which is inspired by the ranger file browser. Compared to existing graphical frontends such as galternatives and kalternatives, Rover still has the following advantages:

*1.* User doesn't need to move hand off the keyboard.

*2.* Zero GUI overhead, and not bound to graphical environment.

*3.* Supports searching by substring or Python regex.

## KEYBINDING

- **j,↓**

  \[↓\] move down

- **k,↑**

  \[↑\] move up

- **h,←**

  \[←\] move left

- **l,→**

  \[→\] move right

- **SPACE,ENTER**

  \[\*\] select

- **/,?**

  \[?\] search

- **q,ESC**

  \[X\] quit

## SEARCHING

You can search by the name of an alternative, the mode, or the actual path of a candidate at left pane.

## LICENSE

Mo Zhou \<lumin@debian.org\>, GPL-3.0+