How to Install and Uninstall bbswitch-dkms Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "bbswitch-dkms" package

This is a short guide on how to install bbswitch-dkms on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall bbswitch-dkms on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bbswitch-dkms
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bbswitch-dkms package on Kali Linux

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
Size: 12972
SHA256: 97fc1d77ca8c8e357c18719e44e06ee8aa3311e7edd166e054550a37c5a41051
SHA1: 5474dc9c673155d99cd89e5667edbd5ee69aa779
MD5sum: 87d0e8f55adce1424636d19389bf2cc9
Description: Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards (dkms)
bbswitch is a kernel module which automatically detects the required ACPI
calls for two kinds of Optimus laptops. It has been verified to work with
"real" Optimus and "legacy" Optimus laptops (at least, that is what the
author Lekensteyn calls those).
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This package uses DKMS to automatically build the bbswitch kernel module.
Description-md5:
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