Bug#986500: finish-install: Also install spice-vdagent for kvm/qemu guests
2021-04-06 23:13 GMT-04:00, Arnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@kali.org>:
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> hw-detect already installs the package qemu-guest-agent when kvm/qemu
> virtualization is detect, in 'hw-detect.finish-install.d/08hw-detect':
>
> kvm|qemu)
> apt-install --with-recommends qemu-guest-agent || true
>
> I'd find it welcome if in such case it would also install spice-vdagent.
>
> As far as I know, installing spice-vdagent in the qemu guest is the only
> way to share the clipboard between the host and the guest. I think that
> clipboard sharing is a useful feature.
Hi.
I have a question, why not install it manually?
Virtualization is used many times to isolate the guest,
why it should be the default?
Have a good day,
Santiago Pinto
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