How to Install and Uninstall spice-vdagent.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 9

Last updated: November 30,2024

1. Install "spice-vdagent.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install spice-vdagent.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 9


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall spice-vdagent.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 9:


    
        
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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 Rocky Linux 9

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Available Packages
Name : spice-vdagent
Version : 0.21.0
Release : 5.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 87 k
Source : spice-vdagent-0.21.0-5.el9.src.rpm
Repository : 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