How to Install bbswitch-dkms software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install bbswitch-dkms software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

bbswitch-dkms software package provides Interface for toggling the power on nVidia Optimus video cards, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bbswitch-dkms 

bbswitch-dkms is installed in your system.

Make ensure the bbswitch-dkms package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bbswitch-dkms *

You will get with bbswitch-dkms package name, version, architecture and description in a table

bbswitch-dkms package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Kernels
Package bbswitch-dkms
Version 0.7-2ubuntu1
Description Interface for toggling the power on nVidia Optimus video cards
Sub Section Kernels


See Also, How to uninstall or remove bbswitch-dkms software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?