| Port details on branch 2026Q1 |
- 86Box Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem
- 5.3 emulators
=0 5.3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: tiga@FreeBSD.org
 - 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.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
- no SUBR information found for this port
- Dependency lines:
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- 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
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
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- evdev-proto>=5.8 : devel/evdev-proto
- vulkan-headers>0 : graphics/vulkan-headers
- cmake : devel/cmake-core
- ninja : devel/ninja
- pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
- sdl2-config : devel/sdl20
- gettext-runtime>=0.26 : devel/gettext-runtime
- ECMConfig.cmake : devel/kf6-extra-cmake-modules
- x11.pc : x11/libX11
- xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
- xext.pc : x11/libXext
- xi.pc : x11/libXi
- lupdate : devel/qt6-tools
- Runtime dependencies:
-
- x11.pc : x11/libX11
- xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
- xext.pc : x11/libXext
- xi.pc : x11/libXi
- Library dependencies:
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- libevdev.so : devel/libevdev
- libfluidsynth.so : audio/fluidsynth
- libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
- libopenal.so : audio/openal-soft
- libpng.so : graphics/png
- librtmidi.so : audio/rtmidi
- libslirp.so : net/libslirp
- libsndfile.so : audio/libsndfile
- libxkbcommon.so : x11/libxkbcommon
- libwayland-client.so : graphics/wayland
- libOpenGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
- libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
- libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
- libSDL2.so : devel/sdl20
- libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
- 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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Number of commits found: 1
| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
5.3 02 Feb 2026 22:08:05
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Tiago Gasiba (tiga)  |
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
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