How To Install spice-qxl-xddm on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-qxl-xddm on AlmaLinux 8.
What is spice-qxl-xddm
A QXL driver for Windows 7 virtual machines. QXL is a paravirtualized display driver and a part of SPICE project.
We can use yum or dnf to install spice-qxl-xddm on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install spice-qxl-xddm.
Install spice-qxl-xddm on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install spice-qxl-xddm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install spice-qxl-xddm
Install spice-qxl-xddm on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install spice-qxl-xddm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install spice-qxl-xddm
How To Uninstall spice-qxl-xddm on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the spice-qxl-xddm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove spice-qxl-xddm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-qxl-xddm on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
