How To Install spice-vdagent on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-vdagent on Kali Linux. spice-vdagent is Spice agent for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-vdagent on Kali Linux.

What is spice-vdagent

spice-vdagent is:

spice-vdagent is the spice agent for Linux, it is used in conjunction with spice-compatible hypervisor, its feature includes:

  • 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

There are three methods to install spice-vdagent on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install spice-vdagent Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install spice-vdagent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install spice-vdagent

Install spice-vdagent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install spice-vdagent using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install spice-vdagent

Install spice-vdagent Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install spice-vdagent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spice-vdagent

How To Uninstall spice-vdagent on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spice-vdagent

Uninstall spice-vdagent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall spice-vdagent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spice-vdagent

Remove spice-vdagent Configurations and Data

To remove spice-vdagent configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spice-vdagent

Remove spice-vdagent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove spice-vdagent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spice-vdagent

Dependencies

spice-vdagent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spice-vdagent package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.