How To Install bumblebee on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bumblebee on Debian 12.
What is bumblebee
bumblebee is:
Bumblebee is an effort to make NVIDIA Optimus enabled laptops work in GNU/Linux systems. These laptops are built in such a way that the NVIDIA graphics card can be used on demand so that battery life is improved and temperature is kept low.
It disables the discrete graphics card if no client is detected, and starts an X server making use of NVIDIA card if requested then let software GL implementations (such as VirtualGL) copy frames to the visible display that runs on the integrated graphics. The ability to use discrete graphics depends on the driver: open source nouveau and proprietary nvidia.
There are three methods to install bumblebee on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bumblebee Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bumblebee using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bumblebee
Install bumblebee Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bumblebee using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bumblebee
Install bumblebee 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bumblebee using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bumblebee
How To Uninstall bumblebee on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bumblebee package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bumblebee
Uninstall bumblebee And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bumblebee and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bumblebee
Remove bumblebee Configurations and Data
To remove bumblebee configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bumblebee
Remove bumblebee configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bumblebee configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bumblebee
Dependencies
bumblebee have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bumblebee package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.