How to Install and Uninstall bumblebee Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "bumblebee" package

Please follow the steps below to install bumblebee on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall bumblebee on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: bumblebee
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2.1-26
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 212
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: lsb-base, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18), pciutils, libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.28), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libx11-6
Recommends: bbswitch-dkms | bbswitch-source, virtualgl | primus-libs
Suggests: bumblebee-nvidia (= 3.2.1-26)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bumblebee/bumblebee_3.2.1-26_amd64.deb
Size: 49536
MD5sum: b4bbd016474398c87a168c58cf7d8d8e
SHA1: 6e4d2f7d889fe18abbad6bae93bd9b067cd1c175
SHA256: 7e719fbd9cecd329038fab670625c338b6d26c5bae437f4a85fd73272a9df22b
SHA512: 721bc8000e88d464f8b39a49755d7409a676f0c7f2c931300a098cf0f88262a187ac07ff1367816893793469248ef888fea1d8c76543f275a361d0867034fd6e
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee
Description-en: NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux
Bumblebee is an effort to make NVIDIA Optimus enabled laptops work in
GNU/Linux systems. These laptops are built in such a way that the NVIDIA
graphics card can be used on demand so that battery life is improved and
temperature is kept low.
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It disables the discrete graphics card if no client is detected, and starts
an X server making use of NVIDIA card if requested then let software GL
implementations (such as VirtualGL) copy frames to the visible display that
runs on the integrated graphics. The ability to use discrete graphics
depends on the driver: open source nouveau and proprietary nvidia.
Description-md5: 603c350e38f498eb44849c8eb81822e8