How to Install and Uninstall bumblebee Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "bumblebee" package

This tutorial shows how to install bumblebee on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bumblebee
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bumblebee" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall bumblebee on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bumblebee
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bumblebee package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: bumblebee
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2.1-17
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 192
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: bbswitch-dkms | bbswitch-source, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18), libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libx11-6
Recommends: virtualgl | primus
Suggests: bumblebee-nvidia (= 3.2.1-17)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bumblebee/bumblebee_3.2.1-17_amd64.deb
Size: 49044
MD5sum: 9fdf0a0f69e2fb15da83a3f0e857cec7
SHA1: 33d1375287887ba2ef712e58bd371e28500c61c2
SHA256: e63e4b661ffd37966c4d60198fafd09c58130acf954d9d8fa018bc38114e3f01
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee
Description: NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux
Description-md5: 603c350e38f498eb44849c8eb81822e8