How to Install and Uninstall switcheroo-control Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "switcheroo-control" package

This tutorial shows how to install switcheroo-control on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                switcheroo-control
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "switcheroo-control" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall switcheroo-control on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: switcheroo-control
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4-3build1
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 91
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.18), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146)
Filename: pool/main/s/switcheroo-control/switcheroo-control_2.4-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 16488
MD5sum: 52c242ec18b5667f91787887e1ca2657
SHA1: bb8006c2ffc919460d0888efc7648b63ebaed5b9
SHA256: 75e871ac52261e6e2921f6bc0926204023630559431100d69f31f3d53c6e3e5b
SHA512: b0f264d08d544ee0cab74d2463a6ed52af91b46888535a975baa2c1c458b3845fe2c17d6b09b29e88edbb70bfe6691420582f04d01750cc30df195d376f11367
Homepage: https://github.com/hadess/switcheroo-control
Description-en: D-Bus service to check the availability of dual-GPU
For systems that have both an integrated GPU and a dedicated GPU, this
package by default will force the integrated GPU to be used to save power.
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You can launch individual apps using the dedicated GPU by running them
with the environment variable DRI_PRIME=1. Or you can right-click on the
app (while it's not running) in GNOME Shell's Activities Overview
and choose the "Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card" option.
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If this default behavior is not appropriate, uninstall this package or
set xdg.force_integrated=0 as a kernel command-line option in your
bootloader.
Description-md5: 969e3946049acfcf8b3a8cc4542e5a01
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi