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Port details on branch 2026Q1
86Box Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem
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Maintainer: tiga@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-02-02 22:09:06
Last Update: 2026-02-02 22:08:05
Commit Hash: d4bb455
License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://86box.net/
Description:
86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/86Box-5.3/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/86Box-5.3/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/86Box-5.3/GPLv2
  4. bin/86Box
  5. bin/86Box-install-roms.sh
  6. share/applications/net.86box.86Box.desktop
  7. share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  8. share/icons/hicolor/192x192/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  9. share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  10. share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  11. share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  12. share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  13. share/icons/hicolor/72x72/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  14. share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/net.86box.86Box.png
  15. @owner
  16. @group
  17. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • 86Box>0:emulators/86Box
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/emulators/86Box/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install emulators/86Box
  • pkg install 86Box
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: 86Box
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: aarch64 amd64 powerpc64le
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1770065265 SHA256 (86Box-86Box-v5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 758f45dcb7465d88a7a0ef9e7764ea63fac65830bc1398f5ad03f76bac77934b SIZE (86Box-86Box-v5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 14001417

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. evdev-proto>=5.8 : devel/evdev-proto
  2. vulkan-headers>0 : graphics/vulkan-headers
  3. cmake : devel/cmake-core
  4. ninja : devel/ninja
  5. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  6. sdl2-config : devel/sdl20
  7. gettext-runtime>=0.26 : devel/gettext-runtime
  8. ECMConfig.cmake : devel/kf6-extra-cmake-modules
  9. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  10. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  11. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  12. xi.pc : x11/libXi
  13. lupdate : devel/qt6-tools
Runtime dependencies:
  1. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  2. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  3. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  4. xi.pc : x11/libXi
Library dependencies:
  1. libevdev.so : devel/libevdev
  2. libfluidsynth.so : audio/fluidsynth
  3. libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
  4. libopenal.so : audio/openal-soft
  5. libpng.so : graphics/png
  6. librtmidi.so : audio/rtmidi
  7. libslirp.so : net/libslirp
  8. libsndfile.so : audio/libsndfile
  9. libxkbcommon.so : x11/libxkbcommon
  10. libwayland-client.so : graphics/wayland
  11. libOpenGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
  12. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  13. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  14. libSDL2.so : devel/sdl20
  15. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  16. libQt6Core.so : devel/qt6-base
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for 86Box-5.3: NLS=on: Native Language Support WAYLAND=on: Wayland (graphics) support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
emulators_86Box
USES:
cmake compiler:c++11-lang gl gnome pkgconfig qmake qt:6 sdl xorg gettext-runtime kde:5
pkg-message:
For install:
(1) 86Box requires you to manually install ROMS to be able to run. To do this, you can type in the following command: 86Box-install-roms.sh -i (2) Running 86Box through the desktop shortcut uses the configuration which is placed in the folder ~/.config/86Box.cfg
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/86Box/86Box/tar.gz/v5.3?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
5.3
02 Feb 2026 22:08:05
commit hash: d4bb455dc7d4d65ec0b3559ac551d39f32f4c77dcommit hash: d4bb455dc7d4d65ec0b3559ac551d39f32f4c77dcommit hash: d4bb455dc7d4d65ec0b3559ac551d39f32f4c77dcommit hash: d4bb455dc7d4d65ec0b3559ac551d39f32f4c77d files touched by this commit
Tiago Gasiba (tiga) search for other commits by this committer
emulators/86Box: Update to version 5.3

ChangeLog:	https://86box.net/2025/12/21/86box-v5-3.htmlA
Approved by:	eduardo (mentor, implicit)
MFH:		2026Q1

(cherry picked from commit 618c8e365d2a447cd05a465a0394a7548042e1be)

Number of commits found: 1