How to Install and Uninstall bumblebee Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bumblebee" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install bumblebee on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall bumblebee 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 bumblebee package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bumblebee
Version: 3.2.1-29
Installed-Size: 202
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: xserver-xorg-core, libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libx11-6
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: bbswitch-dkms | bbswitch-source, primus-libs
Suggests: bumblebee-nvidia (= 3.2.1-29)
Description: NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux
Description-md5: 603c350e38f498eb44849c8eb81822e8
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bumblebee/bumblebee_3.2.1-29_amd64.deb
Size: 48776
MD5sum: e74c2cea1fe8a4192e53781fa1c56bef
SHA256: 22afa7e5b09c53f7427e8ddf51eaedd7174c263ead9f146ad17581fbc2277680