diff --git a/install_mysql.sh b/install_mysql.sh
index f603ef0..f87b599 100755
--- a/install_mysql.sh
+++ b/install_mysql.sh
@@ -5140,28 +5140,59 @@ else
 
 fi
 
-echononl "Erstelle Symlink /etc/mysql/my.cnf --> ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/my.cnf"
+echononl "Add Path '$(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf' for 'my.cnf' using 'update-alternatives'.."
 if ! $PARALLEL_INSTALLATION ; then
 
-   echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
-   echo "## - Erstelle Symlink /etc/mysql/my.cnf --> ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/my.cnf" >> ${logdir}/main.log
-   echo "## -" >> ${logdir}/main.log
-   echo "ln -s \"$(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf\"  \"/etc/mysql/\"" >> ${logdir}/main.log
-   ln -s "$(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf"  "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" >> ${logdir}/main.log  2>&1
-   if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
-      echo_ok
+   if $(update-alternatives --list my.cnf 2>/dev/null | grep -q $(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf 2>/dev/null) ; then 
+      echo_skipped
    else
-      echo_failed
-      error "Konnte Symlink /etc/mysql/my.cnf --> ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/my.cnf nicht erstellen."
 
-      echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
-      read OK
-      OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-      while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
-         echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/nno]: "
+      echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "## - Add Path '$(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf' for 'my.cnf' using 'update-alternatives'.." >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "## -" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      echo "update-alternatives --install /etc/mysql/my.cnf my.cnf $(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf 300" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+      update-alternatives --install /etc/mysql/my.cnf my.cnf $(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf 1300 >> ${logdir}/main.log  2>&1
+
+      if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+         echo_ok
+
+         echononl "Set link '/etc/alternatives/my.cnf' using 'update-alternatives'..."
+         echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+         echo "## - Set link '/etc/alternatives/my.cnf' using 'update-alternatives'..." >> ${logdir}/main.log
+         echo "## -" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+         echo "update-alternatives --set my.cnf $(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+
+         update-alternatives --set my.cnf $(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf
+         if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+            echo_ok
+         else
+            echo_failed
+             error "Setting link '/etc/alternatives/my.cnf using 'update-alternatives' mechanism failed!"
+
+            echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
+            read OK
+            OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+            while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
+               echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/nno]: "
+               read OK
+            done
+            [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Abbruch durch User"
+
+         fi
+
+      else
+         echo_failed
+         error "Adding PATH '$(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf' for Link '/etc/alternatives/my.cnf' using 'update-alternatives' mechanism failed!"
+
+         echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
          read OK
-      done
-      [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Abbruch durch User"
+         OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+         while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
+            echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/nno]: "
+            read OK
+         done
+         [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Abbruch durch User"
+      fi
    fi
 
 else
@@ -5169,6 +5200,36 @@ else
 fi # if ! $PARALLEL_INSTALLATION ; then
 
 
+
+#echononl "Erstelle Symlink /etc/mysql/my.cnf --> ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/my.cnf"
+#if ! $PARALLEL_INSTALLATION ; then
+#
+#   echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+#   echo "## - Erstelle Symlink /etc/mysql/my.cnf --> ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/my.cnf" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+#   echo "## -" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+#   echo "ln -s \"$(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf\"  \"/etc/mysql/\"" >> ${logdir}/main.log
+#   ln -s "$(dirname "${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}")/mysql/etc/my.cnf"  "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" >> ${logdir}/main.log  2>&1
+#   if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+#      echo_ok
+#   else
+#      echo_failed
+#      error "Konnte Symlink /etc/mysql/my.cnf --> ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}/etc/my.cnf nicht erstellen."
+#
+#      echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
+#      read OK
+#      OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+#      while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
+#         echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/nno]: "
+#         read OK
+#      done
+#      [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Abbruch durch User"
+#   fi
+#
+#else
+#   echo_skipped
+#fi # if ! $PARALLEL_INSTALLATION ; then
+
+
 echononl "Kopiere 'stopwords_utf8_iso8859-15.txt' -> ${MYSQL_INSTALL_DIR}.."
 if [ -f "${MYSQL_SRC_BASE_DIR}/stopwords_utf8_iso8859-15.txt" ];then
    echo "" >> ${logdir}/main.log