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Download
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:modified: 2015-10-29 09:00

.. _Boxes: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes
.. _virt-manager: http://virt-manager.org/
.. _virt-viewer:
.. _virt-manager download page: http://virt-manager.org/download
.. _oVirt: http://www.ovirt.org/
.. _QEMU: http://www.qemu.org/
.. _spice-gtk-0.30.tar.bz2: http://www.spice-space.org/download/gtk/spice-gtk-0.30.tar.bz2
.. _UsbDk_1.0.6_x64.msi: http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/usbdk/UsbDk_1.0.6_x64.msi
.. _UsbDk_1.0.6_x86.msi: http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/usbdk/UsbDk_1.0.6_x86.msi
.. _aSpice from play.google.com: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.freeaSPICE
.. _aSpice Pro!: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.aSPICE
.. _spice-xpi-2.8.tar.bz2: http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-xpi-2.8.tar.bz2
.. _spicec_n900-0.tar.gz: http://www.spice-space.org/download/arm/spicec_n900-0.tar.gz
.. _spice-vdagent-0.16.0.tar.bz2: http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-vdagent-0.16.0.tar.bz2
.. _xf86-video-qxl:
.. _xf86-video-qxl-0.1.4.tar.bz2: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/xf86-video-qxl-0.1.4.tar.bz2
.. _spice-guest-tools-0.100.exe: http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/spice-guest-tools/spice-guest-tools-0.100.exe
.. _Windows QXL driver: http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/qxl/qxl-0.1-21/
.. _Windows SPICE agent: http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/vdagent/vdagent-win-0.7.2
.. _spice-0.12.6.tar.bz2: http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-0.12.6.tar.bz2
.. _spice-protocol-0.12.10.tar.bz2: http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-protocol-0.12.10.tar.bz2
.. _usbredir-0.7.tar.bz2: http://spice-space.org/download/usbredir/usbredir-0.7.tar.bz2
.. _README.xspice: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-qxl/tree/README.xspice


Client
++++++
To connect to a virtual machine using SPICE, you need a client application.

GTK+ widget
^^^^^^^^^^^
spice-gtk is a GTK+2 and GTK+3 SPICE widget. It features glib-based objects for SPICE protocol parsing and a gtk widget for embedding the SPICE display into other applications such as virt-manager_ or Boxes_. Python and Vala bindings are available too.

- SPICE GTK+ Widget - `spice-gtk-0.30.tar.bz2`_

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-gtk

While spice-gtk comes with a demo client application called spicy, using virt-viewer_ (which embeds a spice-gtk widget) is highly recommended.

Windows binaries
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- virt-viewer Windows installer - can be downloaded from `virt-manager download page`_
- UsbDk - A Windows filter driver developed for Spice USB redirection (windows client side) - `UsbDk_1.0.6_x64.msi`_, `UsbDk_1.0.6_x86.msi`_, (`source code <http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/usbdk/spice-usbdk-win-1.0-6-sources.zip/>`_)

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/usbdk

Android client
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
aSPICE is a secure, SSH capable, open source SPICE protocol client that makes use of the LGPL licensed native libspice library. You can find and install `aSpice from play.google.com`_. Please support the work and GPL open-source software by buying the donation version of this program called `aSpice Pro!`_

spice-xpi
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is a plugin for browsers compatible with the Mozilla plugin API (for example Firefox or Chromium). It's used for launching the SPICE client from the oVirt_ user portal. This plugin is currently Linux-only.

- SPICE browser plugin - `spice-xpi-2.8.tar.bz2`_
- for Fedora: dnf install spice-xpi

Other clients
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Experimental N900 SPICE client - `spicec_n900-0.tar.gz`_

Guest
+++++
This section contains various optional drivers and daemons that can be installed on the guest to provide enhanced SPICE integration and performance.

Linux sources
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- SPICE vdagent - `spice-vdagent-0.16.0.tar.bz2`_

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/linux/vd_agent
- x.org QXL video driver - `xf86-video-qxl-0.1.4.tar.bz2`_; Also contains Xspice

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-qxl


Windows binaries
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Windows guest tools - `spice-guest-tools-0.100.exe`_
  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-nsis/

This installer contains some optional drivers and services that can be installed in Windows guest to improve SPICE performance and integration. This includes the qxl video driver and the SPICE guest agent (for copy and paste, automatic resolution switching, ...)

- `Windows QXL driver`_

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/qxl

This is not needed if you are using the Windows guest tools installer above.

- `Windows SPICE agent`_

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/vd_agent

This is not needed if you are using the Windows guest tools installer above.

Server
++++++
The SPICE server code is needed when building SPICE support into QEMU_. It should be available as a package in your favourite Linux distribution, which is the preferred way of getting it.

0.12.6 - stable release
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- SPICE - Server `spice-0.12.6.tar.bz2`_

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/spice
- spice-protocol - headers defining protocols, `spice-protocol-0.12.10.tar.bz2`_

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-protocol
- libusbredir - For USB redirection support, `usbredir-0.7.tar.bz2`_

  - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/usbredir

Xspice
^^^^^^
Xspice - an X and Spice server. Requires Xorg. See `README.xspice`_.

- `See wiki for known problems and work arounds`.
- The latest sources are `xf86-video-qxl`_. Xspice is mostly reusing that driver and linking directly with spice-server.

Older releases
++++++++++++++
Older source releases can be found here__. Old versions of spice-gtk can be found `here <http://www.spice-space.org/download/gtk/>`_.

__ http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/