How to Install and Uninstall primus-vk Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "primus-vk" package

This is a short guide on how to install primus-vk on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall primus-vk on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                primus-vk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the primus-vk package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: primus-vk
Version: 1.6.1-1
Installed-Size: 17
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: primus-vk-nvidia (<< 1.4-2~)
Depends: primus, libprimus-vk1
Suggests: primus-vk-nvidia
Breaks: primus-vk-nvidia (<< 1.4-2~)
Description: Vulkan layer for GPU offloading
Description-md5: f31384e21e05aff86907e8c0495ecc4f
Homepage: https://github.com/felixdoerre/primus_vk
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/primus-vk/primus-vk_1.6.1-1_all.deb
Size: 4036
MD5sum: f92bd48b5252c3d0a7990d19bdbf8aa6
SHA256: b201cb4c80be8279834ab1a76c4cbafe269971ea518affa7ca31eea27ea1753a