don.joey Asked: 2014-05-16 01:58:05 +0800 CST2014-05-16 01:58:05 +0800 CST 2014-05-16 01:58:05 +0800 CST How to purge and reinstall bumblebee completely? 772 I have had bumblebee working since 13.04. It took me some messing around though and now on 14.04 it is not working anymore. How can I purge it completely and reinstall it? nvidia-optimus 2 Answers Voted Best Answer Suhail Gulzar 2014-05-16T02:21:45+08:002014-05-16T02:21:45+08:00 To remove bumblebee completely sudo apt-get install ppa-purge sudo ppa-purge ppa:bumblebee/stable sudo apt-get purge bumblebee To reinstall bumblebee (and bumblebee ui) follow this How to set up nVidia Optimus/Bumblebee in 14.04 zenhaeus 2014-05-29T05:30:28+08:002014-05-29T05:30:28+08:00 I recommend looking into installing the proprietary drivers and nvidia-prime if you are using 14.04. It finally supports optimus and you can switch your graphics card via an additional indicator. For me the performance is much better using nvidia-prime. In this thread the installation is explained quite well: How do I get switchable graphics to work on my Samsung RF711 With Intel HD & GeForce 540M Graphics cards on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
To remove bumblebee completely
To reinstall bumblebee (and bumblebee ui) follow this How to set up nVidia Optimus/Bumblebee in 14.04
I recommend looking into installing the proprietary drivers and nvidia-prime if you are using 14.04. It finally supports optimus and you can switch your graphics card via an additional indicator. For me the performance is much better using nvidia-prime. In this thread the installation is explained quite well: How do I get switchable graphics to work on my Samsung RF711 With Intel HD & GeForce 540M Graphics cards on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS