How To Install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8. xorg-x11-server-Xspice is XSpice is an X server that can be accessed by a Spice client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xorg-x11-server-Xspice

XSpice is both an X and a Spice server.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-server-Xspice.

Install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xorg-x11-server-Xspice using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-Xspice

Install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xorg-x11-server-Xspice using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-server-Xspice

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-server-Xspice package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-server-Xspice

xorg-x11-server-Xspice Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/X11/spiceqxl.xorg.conf
/usr/bin/Xspice
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/34b06fe2e6fa45435ae884bf93e730e1ecc14d
/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/spiceqxl_drv.so
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-Xspice
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-Xspice/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-Xspice/README
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-Xspice/README.xspice
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-server-Xspice/spiceqxl.xorg.conf.example

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.