Error installing Box86 about pi-apps HOT 4 CLOSED

This is caused by the Raspberry Pi 5 using a 16K kernel pagesize, whereas all previous Raspberry Pi models used a 4K kernel pagesize. I think that long-term, box86/64 will be fixed to support the 16K pagesize, but for now you can force a 4K pagesize by adding this line to the end of your /boot/config.txt file:

kernel=kernel8.img

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I simply clicked install on box86 and it immediately failed. I tried over and over, but it still did not work.

What part of the custom error message did you not understand? Trying over and over would never work. It informs you of the problem, and then suggests that you open an issue as the Box86 github.

Mind you this custom message was written before the Pi5 was announced and at that point the only known consumer devices using 16K PageSize kernels were Apple Silicon which cannot run 32bit binaries at all (hardware incompatible).

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Thank you for your help, I thought that the error meant that there was an issue with the app, and to fix it, I completely wiped the app and tried again. Thank you for your help, I found a work-around by manually building it myself.

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Thank you for your help, I thought that the error meant that there was an issue with the app, and to fix it, I completely wiped the app and tried again. Thank you for your help, I found a work-around by manually building it myself.

Box86 will not function properly on 16K pagesize kernels. the dynarec and translation layers are not currently written for it

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