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The official nvidia drivers are not working properly on my thinkpad T520 So I was going to give bumblebee a shot.

I have an ubuntu 11.04 install and am reciving a package not found error when trying to install bumblebee. I followed the instructions on the bumblebe site. It did work on my 12.10 install but not on my 11.04. the error I am receiving is

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package bumblebee
E: Unable to locate package bumblebee-nvidia

Thanks

gh123man
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try 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic
Reboot or re-login
harish.venkat
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Before installing Bumblebee you need to add its repository and more one that will enable Ubuntu 11.04 and older versions to install newer drivers. So type the following in the terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update

(Click here for instructions on using PPAs.)

Now you will be able to install Bumblebee:

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia

If problem persists maybe some ppas that you've added to your system is preventing apt-get to update your system and to get the programs of recently added ppas.

Open your sources.list:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Then delete lines from ppas that return 404 when updating. Some of the ppas may not be listed in sources.list, then open Software Sources, go to Other Programs tab and disable the ppas that are giving errors.

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Rodrigo Oliveira
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According to Bumblebee Projects PPA Page, Bumblebee ist only supported for Ubuntu 12.04 and newer. For full dual-gpu-support you should install a newer version of ubuntu than 11.04 or the current version of Ubuntu (13.04).

After running a 12.04 Ubuntu or newer, installing your Nvidia card and Bumblebee works with this manual or the previously mentioned manuals. I hope I could help.

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MrMuretto
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I know this is old, but here is my (anti climactic) answer.

As earlier stated...

11.04 is End of Life, and as such you should upgrade to 12.04 or another supported release. – Thomas W.

So that is exactly what I did. Bumblebee works fine in 12.04.

gh123man
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