How To Install xorg-x11-server-Xspice on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 CentOS 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 CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 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 CentOS 8

/etc/X11/spiceqxl.xorg.conf
/usr/bin/Xspice
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/0ec636186b62185861e1bb53a808ffd557b163
/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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.