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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "primus" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install primus on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall primus on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: primus
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0~20150328-6
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 32
Depends: bumblebee, socat, primus-libs (= 0~20150328-6), xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18.3-2) | xserver-xorg-video-intel (>= 2:2.99.917)
Recommends: primus-libs-ia32
Suggests: nvidia-driver-libs-nonglvnd
Breaks: libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx, nvidia-driver-libs
Filename: pool/universe/p/primus/primus_0~20150328-6_amd64.deb
Size: 9856
MD5sum: 4dea6f87cd340556aca4ec652282c0b6
SHA1: 4bc6cb9ebe7c32342ffd1e72d61bc478a93b95ef
SHA256: dcc54964c6c7390bb9d5a91853ac4303208fd7f44798cfdfbdd6c8257ef0a5ae
Homepage: https://github.com/amonakov/primus
Description: client-side GPU offloading for NVIDIA Optimus
Description-md5: 86cd26e1866a08575cea3e262f2dbb68