How to Install and Uninstall bbswitch-dkms Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the bbswitch-dkms on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bbswitch-dkms" package

This tutorial shows how to install bbswitch-dkms on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bbswitch-dkms" package

Learn how to uninstall bbswitch-dkms on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bbswitch-dkms package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bbswitch-dkms
Source: bbswitch
Version: 0.8-15
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: bumblebee
Description: Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards (dkms)
Description-md5: 2aec4ffd630293c91ac285479e2b0c2c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bbswitch/bbswitch-dkms_0.8-15_amd64.deb
Size: 12972
MD5sum: 87d0e8f55adce1424636d19389bf2cc9
SHA256: 97fc1d77ca8c8e357c18719e44e06ee8aa3311e7edd166e054550a37c5a41051