How to Install and Uninstall primus Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "primus" package

This tutorial shows how to install primus on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                primus
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "primus" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall primus on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: primus
Version: 0~20150328-7
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: bumblebee, socat, primus-libs (= 0~20150328-7), xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18.3-2) | xserver-xorg-video-intel (>= 2:2.99.917)
Recommends: primus-libs-ia32
Suggests: nvidia-driver-libs-nonglvnd | nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-nonglvnd
Breaks: libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx (>= 0), libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glvnd-glx (>= 0), nvidia-driver-libs (>= 0), nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs (>= 0)
Description: client-side GPU offloading for NVIDIA Optimus
Description-md5: 86cd26e1866a08575cea3e262f2dbb68
Homepage: https://github.com/amonakov/primus
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/primus/primus_0~20150328-7_amd64.deb
Size: 11580
MD5sum: 511de3a0a30b8c8ecd37e33862299716
SHA256: 14ed28fc4e72b923f42cd2affcb5809d0e4074371cdfc6006161c4b435417908