Installing Bumblebee 3.2.1


Arch linux

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.

Debian linux

Follow instructions here.

Fedora linux

Help and information for Fedora can be found here.

Gentoo linux

emerge bumblebee
After 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 linux

Mandriva carries Bumblebee as an officially supported package. To install, simply run:

urpmi bumblebee
After 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.
More help and information for Mandriva can be found here.

Slackware linux

Follow instructions here.

Ubuntu linux

Follow instructions here.

from source / Generic installation instructions

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.