How to Install and Uninstall bbswitch-dkms Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "bbswitch-dkms" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install bbswitch-dkms on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bbswitch-dkms
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bbswitch-dkms" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall bbswitch-dkms on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bbswitch-dkms package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: bbswitch-dkms
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8-10
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/kernel
Source: bbswitch
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: bumblebee
Filename: pool/universe/b/bbswitch/bbswitch-dkms_0.8-10_amd64.deb
Size: 12152
MD5sum: 434d00499264a53b82e6b778f6e396b0
SHA1: c9a8d5968fa676818a9c5c2a9a7d59f8fdfaf4d8
SHA256: 4d5c8eb50e694b14c83792b2481f7fdfdd7f30626037f430d4e62863f4be3376
SHA512: 211b5fc51e18ba4555f5ab947c0c2a18aaa0a2e7e75ff04a18afbed4048980cad6d722b055aeee3b4a273fdb1bd4d13b90ed75deb76583c828cd71e14d7d6e20
Homepage: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch
Description-en: Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards (dkms)
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 uses DKMS to automatically build the bbswitch kernel module.
Description-md5: 2aec4ffd630293c91ac285479e2b0c2c