spice-vdagent command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix spice-vdagent command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

spice-vdagent: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: spice-vdagent: command not found

In Ubuntu spice-vdagent is provided by spice-vdagent package.

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

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install spice-vdagent

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install spice-vdagent.

sudo apt -y install spice-vdagent

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install spice-vdagent

In this tutorial we learn how to fix spice-vdagent command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.