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

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

Please follow the guidelines below to install primus-vk 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-vk" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall primus-vk 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 primus-vk package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: primus-vk
Architecture: all
Version: 1.6.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17
Depends: primus, libprimus-vk1
Suggests: primus-vk-nvidia
Breaks: primus-vk-nvidia (<< 1.4-2~)
Replaces: primus-vk-nvidia (<< 1.4-2~)
Filename: pool/multiverse/p/primus-vk/primus-vk_1.6.1-1_all.deb
Size: 3048
MD5sum: bd999a65c01e471409a70f73e53e37e9
SHA1: 725d5b129f4fc7efe80ac4111c0e4a441de6e3c4
SHA256: e712d9c50ada0dc2b698aa5d5baa9b8a817c5d0a83a38a1074a2ff6d5f58e592
SHA512: e9eb05b3c142a865bf7606c3afe67c2ed9d6fe46780aedc94466fcddf978ad41fb01c55e466587f51614cd7b2f256709b9be87267404b275f049c9ad35772a7b
Homepage: https://github.com/felixdoerre/primus_vk
Description: Vulkan layer for GPU offloading
Description-md5: f31384e21e05aff86907e8c0495ecc4f