Install package bumblebee from AUR.
If you want the bleeding edge, in-development version, you can install bumblebee-git.
Both packages can be used with Nvidia or Nouveau drivers.
For 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems you must install lib32-virtualgl and relevant lib32-* libraries.
To add Power Management functionality you need to install bbswitch-git package.
More help and information for Arch can be found here.
Follow instructions here.
Help and information for Fedora can be found here.
emerge bumblebeeAfter installation completes, add yourself to the "bumblebee" group to enable use of the optirun command. You will have to re-login for group changes to take effect.
Mandriva carries Bumblebee as an officially supported package. To install, simply run:
urpmi bumblebeeAfter installation completes, add yourself to the "bumblebee" group to enable use of the optirun command. You will have to re-login for group changes to take effect.
Follow instructions here.
Follow instructions here.
The best an recommended way to install Bumblebee is through your distribution repositories. If not such packages exist, then you can still install Bumblebee manually from source.
The latest source tarball:
Full instructions for a manual install can be found on our wiki here.