How to Install and Uninstall spice-vdagent.x86_64 Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "spice-vdagent.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install spice-vdagent.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "spice-vdagent.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall spice-vdagent.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the spice-vdagent.x86_64 package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : spice-vdagent
Version : 0.20.0
Release : 4.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 92 k
Source : spice-vdagent-0.20.0-4.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ol8_appstream
Summary : Agent for Spice guests
URL : https://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