How To Install nvidia-primus-vk-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 349 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-primus-vk-common on Ubuntu.
What is nvidia-primus-vk-common
nvidia-primus-vk-common is:
This package disables the original NVIDIA binary Vulkan driver and registers the thin wrapper from nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper to ensure that the NVIDIA driver is usable with bumblebee.
There are three methods to install nvidia-primus-vk-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nvidia-primus-vk-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-primus-vk-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-primus-vk-common
Install nvidia-primus-vk-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-primus-vk-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-primus-vk-common
Install nvidia-primus-vk-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-primus-vk-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-primus-vk-common
How To Uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nvidia-primus-vk-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-primus-vk-common
Uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-primus-vk-common
Remove nvidia-primus-vk-common Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-primus-vk-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-primus-vk-common
Remove nvidia-primus-vk-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-primus-vk-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-primus-vk-common
Dependencies
nvidia-primus-vk-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-primus-vk-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.