How to Install and Uninstall primus-nvidia Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "primus-nvidia" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install primus-nvidia on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall primus-nvidia on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                primus-nvidia
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the primus-nvidia package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: primus-nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0~20150328-13
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: primus
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11
Depends: bumblebee-nvidia, primus
Recommends: nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Filename: pool/universe/p/primus/primus-nvidia_0~20150328-13_amd64.deb
Size: 2288
MD5sum: e0e6a79f6d509d78db389bca12f36c4f
SHA1: bc9cd2b24e8e857e2db408a0140824064abb768a
SHA256: cfa29dfd950bbb5678e7a117d062545e3df23905837bc095964c30a87e59e330
SHA512: fe828cdef8463688fafab443d5357f798215255c680e509f31c599a245038be97a71d3db1e03f35dd3b320f4c0c2ec5554d3f98facc6aa4f39cdadbd6a3eae6b
Homepage: https://github.com/amonakov/primus
Description-en: NVIDIA Primus support using the proprietary NVIDIA driver
This metapackage ensures that the proprietary NVIDIA driver is installed in a
way such that 3D acceleration does not break. It does so by configuring the
OpenGL library path to use the Mesa graphics library.
Description-md5: 47ebdd2f5f4085bfde25afb56ffc6f5a