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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "bbswitch-source" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install bbswitch-source on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall bbswitch-source on Kali Linux:


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

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
Size: 16172
SHA256: f0803fbdcd28a153a96205810979c975a3d957571d239bb5ba7cab196bea4534
SHA1: a8547e300b1c6beb84ded09790bed967468cf6aa
MD5sum: 9cdceb6e134f3142f1ffb1357654e81a
Description: Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards
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 contains source code only, and is intended to be used with
module-assistant to 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-source_0.8-15_amd64.deb