How To Install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper on Ubuntu.
What is nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper is:
This library is a thin wrapper around the Vulkan API functions of the nvidia Vulkan driver. The Vulkan driver misbehaves for example by reading the DISPLAY environment variable and connecting to that display server. This library works around that misbehaviour, so the driver can be used with bumblebee.
There are three methods to install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper 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-wrapper 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-wrapper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper 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-wrapper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
How To Uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper Configurations and Data
To remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper
Dependencies
nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvidia-primus-vk-wrapper package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.