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

Last updated: November 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the primus-nvidia 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 "primus-nvidia" package

Please follow the guidance below to install primus-nvidia 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 "primus-nvidia" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall primus-nvidia on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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: NVIDIA Primus support using the proprietary NVIDIA driver
Description-md5: 47ebdd2f5f4085bfde25afb56ffc6f5a