How to Install and Uninstall mate-optimus Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 06,2024

1. Install "mate-optimus" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install mate-optimus on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mate-optimus
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mate-optimus" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mate-optimus on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mate-optimus
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mate-optimus package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: mate-optimus
Version: 18.04.0-2
Installed-Size: 33
Maintainer: Debian+Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Depends: gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-notify-0.7, python3, python3-gi, python3-setproctitle
Suggests: nvidia-prime
Description: MATE Desktop applet for controlling NVIDIA Optimus graphics cards
Description-md5: d55e232e68bcbedbe12876f993f51934
Homepage: https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-optimus/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mate-optimus/mate-optimus_18.04.0-2_all.deb
Size: 13960
MD5sum: 9acf35c2d1b05663977ab9006126725c
SHA256: e47b4001e6288b4278a40183716253f2775a54233a7c6622c194a6845d987ffa