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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

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1. Install "bbswitch-source" package

This guide let you learn how to install bbswitch-source 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-source" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall bbswitch-source 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-source package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bbswitch-source
Source: bbswitch
Version: 0.8-15
Installed-Size: 24
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), module-assistant
Suggests: bumblebee
Description: Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards
Description-md5: f1fc5afed2fcfaaef871d3d4ba4cc3bd
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bbswitch/bbswitch-source_0.8-15_amd64.deb
Size: 16172
MD5sum: 9cdceb6e134f3142f1ffb1357654e81a
SHA256: f0803fbdcd28a153a96205810979c975a3d957571d239bb5ba7cab196bea4534