How to Install and Uninstall bbswitch-dkms Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "bbswitch-dkms" package

Please follow the instructions below to install bbswitch-dkms on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bbswitch-dkms
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bbswitch-dkms" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall bbswitch-dkms on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 bbswitch-dkms package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bbswitch-dkms
Priority: extra
Section: kernel
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: bbswitch
Version: 0.8-3ubuntu1
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: bumblebee
Filename: pool/main/b/bbswitch/bbswitch-dkms_0.8-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 11626
MD5sum: a3cefd7ad7d6e072e2830fd96f60fb4c
SHA1: 3593bbfcf12c9bf73f68774ec33d5b1ba1e1dd95
SHA256: 74b22a0def64f41bfc1ffdf26f500e26c03c449076fdc10c9e9f740144d18e95
Description-en: Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards
bbswitch is a kernel module which automatically detects the required ACPI
calls for two kinds of Optimus laptops. It has been verified to work with
"real" Optimus and "legacy" Optimus laptops (at least, that is what the
author Lekensteyn calls those).
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This package uses DKMS to automatically build the bbswitch kernel module.
Description-md5: 973e33001a4368886318f3ae57d53fb1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y