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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "bbswitch-source" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install bbswitch-source on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall bbswitch-source 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-source package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: bbswitch-source
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: 21
Recommends: debhelper-compat (= 13), module-assistant
Suggests: bumblebee
Filename: pool/universe/b/bbswitch/bbswitch-source_0.8-10_amd64.deb
Size: 12200
MD5sum: ac7ec83d654cc9f67883bbed116e6357
SHA1: 4cdc55cb3cbdab81d6d697f859180bf809f1bdbe
SHA256: 4d70feb0e845125ec2d7fbe0e3ca92848b222aa417d41c52dc7634ebf0afe69c
SHA512: cd3ab20394de1c6430ec5010a429dd1afff754b9a1a70676e6bbf17f1670bff15ffbe16a93bb49de4be7e5e253e51e912e4db1581bf862fc1585bea34fed46e6
Homepage: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch
Description-en: Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards
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 contains source code only, and is intended to be used with
module-assistant to build the bbswitch kernel module.
Description-md5: f1fc5afed2fcfaaef871d3d4ba4cc3bd