How to Install and Uninstall primus-vk-nvidia Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "primus-vk-nvidia" package

This tutorial shows how to install primus-vk-nvidia on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

Learn how to uninstall primus-vk-nvidia on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                primus-vk-nvidia
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the primus-vk-nvidia package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: primus-vk-nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Source: primus-vk
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9
Depends: primus-vk (= 1.6.1-1), nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Conflicts: primus-vk-nvidia-i386
Filename: pool/multiverse/p/primus-vk/primus-vk-nvidia_1.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2096
MD5sum: 4bd41d0ea44c66e709d988bf7155586b
SHA1: dffd40ecd4b8cff8d3ddd5f5f53ad81497afd91d
SHA256: 4886f788f003db9e7d02525576a9b41b4247aefbe0894f5685785e4e1c9c92ae
SHA512: c39aaf90472a1bef55d6c4d82cf21de3b69cf6b14fd056ddb60dfa8cc2f6fa7e5268edb7c6c39cad33f05bec587fa4cf4f4ee154b47573350204c3522a818b7b
Homepage: https://github.com/felixdoerre/primus_vk
Description: NVIDIA Optimus support for Vulkan applications
Description-md5: 8b6b25b6894037f56819bf3bc0d80e41