How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-common Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the nvidia-primus-vk-common on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "nvidia-primus-vk-common" package

Please follow the steps below to install nvidia-primus-vk-common on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-common on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 nvidia-primus-vk-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: nvidia-primus-vk-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.1-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/libs
Source: primus-vk
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17
Recommends: nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Breaks: primus-vk-nvidia (<< 1.4-2~)
Replaces: primus-vk-nvidia (<< 1.4-2~)
Filename: pool/multiverse/p/primus-vk/nvidia-primus-vk-common_1.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3740
MD5sum: 0703fdd759d1cb0d7ba981336694813a
SHA1: ef516a442583924a858c5ed66f2320a7c49e3ee3
SHA256: c34d51c56032e447ace25e61f057fb2fae7db7ed5abea9f6c328b33ac9d222ba
SHA512: 6120c58a152f8ec4239dfecfb47ad4e820b186c38abdda22337463de5d3507528aa4ea82a12db278c4f3b4de49ba1eb61dc6b1bb575fe94d4280de5e77c7daaf
Homepage: https://github.com/felixdoerre/primus_vk
Description: thin wrapper for the NVIDIA binary Vulkan ICD (common files)
Description-md5: 1de48695d37b053918704fd873985909