How to Install and Uninstall spice-vdagent Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "spice-vdagent" package

This guide let you learn how to install spice-vdagent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                spice-vdagent
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "spice-vdagent" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall spice-vdagent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                spice-vdagent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the spice-vdagent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: spice-vdagent
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 155
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Liang Guo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.15.0-1.3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libpciaccess0, libsystemd0, libx11-6, libxfixes3, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.2), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent_0.15.0-1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 43466
MD5sum: 2963a2dc259da81131247413b3f32890
SHA1: a226ec42c6bf04f2128fa0d9a6423ebb36d13521
SHA256: 1bb0e01cb6e369fc0b70ae1e3f4943e0758254cf71386dca8a0f4637f86d7fdc
Description-en: Spice agent for Linux
spice-vdagent is the spice agent for Linux, it is used in conjunction with
spice-compitable hypervisor, its feature includs:
\* 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
Description-md5: 50697ffb9a6bb31b357c2a26288911c8
Homepage: http://www.spice-space.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu