How to Install and Uninstall switcheroo-control Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the switcheroo-control 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 "switcheroo-control" package

This tutorial shows how to install switcheroo-control 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 "switcheroo-control" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall switcheroo-control 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 switcheroo-control package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: switcheroo-control
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4-3build2
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_2.4-3build2_amd64.deb
Size: 16528
MD5sum: d96127660487f801775168f6bcd58373
SHA1: 3e339bd1375a5a2bbe9b13ceebef58907c07fc7a
SHA256: 7c8ddff04d3e5c63aa3f7875c759af04b4605d78a92ae6ca645f184eaa97b471
SHA512: 08d32c859e07ed54a6e1cc7d27772b65ad8bd58dd1898e7f62e9c4eae5ddccc8bcc44a4b31534175ade89870bc4a4fc11a42a3ed2c195b17a7cee491013a3ab8
Homepage: https://github.com/hadess/switcheroo-control
Description: D-Bus service to check the availability of dual-GPU
Description-md5: 969e3946049acfcf8b3a8cc4542e5a01
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop