How to Install qemu-guest-agent software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install qemu-guest-agent software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

qemu-guest-agent software package provides Guest-side qemu-system agent, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install qemu-guest-agent 

qemu-guest-agent is installed in your system.

Make ensure the qemu-guest-agent package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep qemu-guest-agent *

You will get with qemu-guest-agent package name, version, architecture and description in a table

qemu-guest-agent package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Miscellaneous
Package qemu-guest-agent
Version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30 [amd64,
Description Guest-side qemu-system agent
Sub Section misc


See Also, How to uninstall or remove qemu-guest-agent software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?