How To Install spice-streaming-agent on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-streaming-agent in AlmaLinux 8. spice-streaming-agent is SPICE streaming agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-streaming-agent on AlmaLinux 8.

What is spice-streaming-agent

An agent, running on a guest, sending video streams of the X display to a remote client (over SPICE).

We can use yum or dnf to install spice-streaming-agent on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install spice-streaming-agent.

Install spice-streaming-agent 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-streaming-agent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install spice-streaming-agent

Install spice-streaming-agent 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-streaming-agent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install spice-streaming-agent

How To Uninstall spice-streaming-agent on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the spice-streaming-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove spice-streaming-agent

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-streaming-agent on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.