How to Install and Uninstall spice-vdagent.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: February 05,2025

1. Install "spice-vdagent.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install spice-vdagent.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "spice-vdagent.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall spice-vdagent.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                spice-vdagent.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the spice-vdagent.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : spice-vdagent
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.14.0
Release : 18.amzn2
Size : 72 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Agent for Spice guests
URL : http://spice-space.org/
License : GPLv3+
Description : Spice agent for Linux guests offering the following features:
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: Features:
: * Client mouse mode (no need to grab mouse by client, no mouse
: lag) this is handled by the daemon by feeding mouse events into
: the kernel via uinput. This will only work if the active
: X-session is running a spice-vdagent process so that its
: resolution can be determined.
: * Automatic adjustment of the X-session resolution to the client
: resolution
: * Support of copy and paste (text and images) between the active
: X-session and the client