Box64 Finally Out for Arm64

[rna]

Hi Guys, Finally Box64 is out for Arm64. Could we port it to manjaro repo? @spikerguy @Strit @TheMojoMan

GitHub - ptitSeb/box64: Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist,...

I was waiting for this moment. I randomly checked ptitseb’s github page. Finally it is released.

Hope this will be a big thing for the support of Arm64 in the future.

I haven’t tried myself yet. I was very happy therefore I immediately posted this in the forum to let everyone know.

To compile box86, you can use my previous post:

How To Install Box86 on Manjaro Arm64

Dear All, In my previous post in the old forum, I had discussed on how to run x86 applications with help from the community by using qemu-user-static and debootstrap: However, after so much testing I found that Qemu is kind of slow to run an x86 application. And also at the moment qemu-user-static from AUR package failed to compile by using the latest Manjaro kernel, therefore it might be hard for you to follow. After doing some research I found that there is a better alternative to Qemu in…

Many Thanks,
rna

[Strit]

This is interesting for sure.

I might look into at some point. Be aware, that this does not make running Windows applications possible. Just x86_64 Linux binaries.

[rna]

Ok happy to hear that. I am pretty sure that at some point, wine64 will work with box64. Because at the moment box86+wine32 gives a very impressive performance for Arm64.

[Strit]

Added to unstable branch.

https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-packages/Week-of-Mon-20210705/040225.html

[rna]

Many Thanks @Strit