How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-prime Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "nvidia-prime" package

Please follow the steps below to install nvidia-prime on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nvidia-prime
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-prime" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nvidia-prime on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nvidia-prime
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nvidia-prime package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nvidia-prime
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Alberto Milone
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.2
Replaces: hybrid-graphics
Provides: hybrid-graphics
Depends: lightdm (>= 1.9.1) | gdm | kdm | sddm, bbswitch-dkms, pciutils, lsb-release, lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7)
Conflicts: hybrid-graphics
Breaks: ubuntu-drivers-common (<< 1:0.2.89)
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-prime/nvidia-prime_0.8.2_amd64.deb
Size: 11068
MD5sum: b072d3d62aa86e3e66336c9cc90c5cb5
SHA1: c426fa31c4898956ff3307e8d3e374da118defbd
SHA256: b85931e45a6d743203897693b1ea46ee9b165ac3befdf816af6b15e702499072
Description-en: Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
This is a set of tools which will enable
NVIDIA's Prime on MUXless systems.
Description-md5: 398e4a566cef42e9b12f88c78ffad0c2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y