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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "primus" package

This tutorial shows how to install primus on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall primus 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 primus package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: primus
Version: 0~20150328-15
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: bumblebee (>= 3.2.1-21~), primus-libs (= 0~20150328-15), xserver-xorg-core | xserver-xorg-video-intel
Suggests: primus-nvidia
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_0~20150328-15_amd64.deb
Size: 11224
MD5sum: 7975958e5ae402c6631cd54c1a92e72e
SHA256: 9d391ef49e91145c974c926c84d2ebaeadfdd07ff4308e0d10ad820ef4ba07c3