# Install spice-gtk with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper GTK client/libraries for SPICE. Version 0.42 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:spice-gtk ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install spice-gtk ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install spice-gtk ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: gnome/spice-gtk/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add spice-glib ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: spice-glib from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mingw32-spice-glib ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mingw32-spice-glib from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#spice-gtk ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spice-gtk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S spice-gtk ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: spice-gtk from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libspice-client-glib-2_0-8 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libspice-client-glib-2_0-8 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:spice-gtk - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.42 - **Source summary:** GTK client/libraries for SPICE - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T15:28:56Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - spicy (cli) - spicy-screenshot (cli) - spicy-stats (cli) - spicy (alias) - spicy-screenshot (alias) - spicy-stats (alias) ## Dependencies - cairo - gdk-pixbuf - gettext - glib - gobject-introspection - gstreamer - gtk+3 - harfbuzz - jpeg-turbo - json-glib - libepoxy - libsoup - libusb - libx11 - lz4 - openssl@3 - opus - phodav - pixman - spice-protocol - usbredir ## Build dependencies - gettext - gobject-introspection - meson - ninja - pkgconf - python@3.14 - vala ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.42 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-21 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.spice-space.org - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage spice-gtk is the GTK client library and widget for SPICE remote desktop sessions. It gives Linux desktop and virtualization tools a reusable client-side component for connecting to SPICE-enabled virtual machines. ### Project history The SPICE project documentation frames SPICE as an open remote computing solution for remote display and device access, with a 2009 Red Hat copyright on the introductory architecture document. The download page describes spice-gtk as a GTK+3 SPICE widget with glib-based protocol objects, a GTK display widget, and Python and Vala bindings. ### Adoption history spice-gtk became important through virtualization desktops rather than through end-user CLI fame. The official download page names virt-manager and GNOME Boxes as applications that embed the widget, and recommends virt-viewer as the client application for connecting to virtual machines using SPICE. ### How it is used Packaged installations commonly expose tools such as spicy, spicy-screenshot, and spicy-stats, while applications can use the library and widget directly. Users encounter it when opening a VM console, testing SPICE display behavior, or integrating SPICE support into a GTK application. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about spice-gtk because it sits in the practical dependency chain for desktop virtualization: QEMU/KVM hosts, SPICE protocol components, virt-viewer, virt-manager, GNOME Boxes, USB redirection, and guest tools all meet at package boundaries. Keeping spice-gtk current affects whether graphical VM consoles, clipboard support, and device redirection work cleanly on distro desktops. ### Timeline - 2009: Red Hat copyright appears on the SPICE introductory documentation. - 2010s: spice-gtk becomes the GTK client widget used by virtualization tools such as virt-manager and GNOME Boxes. - 2020s: Official downloads continue to publish spice-gtk source releases from freedesktop.org GitLab. ### Related projects - SPICE protocol and spice-server provide the remote display protocol and server side. - virt-viewer is the recommended client application. - virt-manager and GNOME Boxes embed or use SPICE client functionality. - QEMU commonly provides the virtualization host side for SPICE sessions. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** spice-gtk - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 3 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0 - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject for communicating with Spice servers (GObject-Introspection) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Debian apt - gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GTK3 widget for SPICE clients (GObject-Introspection) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Debian apt - libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject for communicating with Spice servers (runtime library) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Debian apt - libspice-client-glib-2.0-dev - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libspice-client-glib-2.0-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject for communicating with Spice servers (development files) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Debian apt - libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GTK3 widget for SPICE clients (runtime library) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Debian apt - libspice-client-gtk-3.0-dev - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libspice-client-gtk-3.0-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GTK3 widget for SPICE clients (development files) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Debian apt - spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Helper tool to validate usb ACLs | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Debian apt - spice-client-gtk - 0.42-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: spice-client-gtk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple clients for interacting with SPICE servers | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Nix - spice-gtk: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spice-gtk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0 - 0.42-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GObject for communicating with Spice servers (GObject-Introspection) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Ubuntu apt - gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 - 0.42-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GTK3 widget for SPICE clients (GObject-Introspection) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 - 0.42-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GObject for communicating with Spice servers (runtime library) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libspice-client-glib-2.0-dev - 0.42-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspice-client-glib-2.0-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GObject for communicating with Spice servers (development files) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 - 0.42-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GTK3 widget for SPICE clients (runtime library) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libspice-client-gtk-3.0-dev - 0.42-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspice-client-gtk-3.0-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GTK3 widget for SPICE clients (development files) | https://www.spice-space.org/ - Ubuntu apt - spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper - 0.42-2ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Helper tool to validate usb ACLs | https://www.spice-space.org/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [cairo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cairo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gdk-pixbuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdk-pixbuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gobject-introspection](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gobject-introspection/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gstreamer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gstreamer/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gtk+3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtk-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [harfbuzz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/harfbuzz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [meson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [virt-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/virt-manager/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [usbredir](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/usbredir/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [activemq-cpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/activemq-cpp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, client-library, developer-tools. - [blueprint-compiler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/blueprint-compiler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [docker-machine-driver-vmware](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docker-machine-driver-vmware/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, virtualization. - [ghex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [glade](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glade/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [gnome-builder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnome-builder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [gplugin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gplugin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gtk. - [gitg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitg/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cairo, cli, client, desktop, developer. - [webkitgtk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/webkitgtk/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cairo, cli, developer, developer-tools, gdk. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/spice-gtk.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/spice-gtk.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph