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Install this package:

emerge -a games-emulation/dosbox-x

Package Information

Description:
DOSBox-X is a fork of DOSBox. The main focus of DOSBox is just on running DOS games, whereas DOSBox-X goes further than this: while it "retains compatibility with the wide base of DOS games and DOS gaming DOSBox was designed for", it is built to also run DOS applications, Windows 3.x, Windows 9x series, and software written for those versions of Windows. In particular, Windows 98 runs with superb stability on DOSBox-X, which DOSBox cannot achieve yet. DOSBox-X also ships more user-friendly features than DOSBox, including a drop-down menu system for easier alteration to emulation parameters and access to the emulator's functions, a graphical configuration tool for modifying the configuration file, saving and loading the emulator's state, creation of new disk image files, support for directly mounting hard disk images with partitions formatted with the FAT32 file system, and many more.
Homepage:
https://dosbox-x.com/
License:
GPL-2

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
9999 8 ~amd64 0
2026.08.31 8 ~amd64 0
2026.08.02 8 ~amd64 0

Metadata

Description

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>liaoyuan@gmail.com</email>
		<name>Yuan Liao</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription>
		DOSBox-X is a fork of DOSBox. The main focus of DOSBox is just on
		running DOS games, whereas DOSBox-X goes further than this: while it
		"retains compatibility with the wide base of DOS games and DOS gaming
		DOSBox was designed for", it is built to also run DOS applications,
		Windows 3.x, Windows 9x series, and software written for those versions
		of Windows. In particular, Windows 98 runs with superb stability on
		DOSBox-X, which DOSBox cannot achieve yet.

		DOSBox-X also ships more user-friendly features than DOSBox, including
		a drop-down menu system for easier alteration to emulation parameters
		and access to the emulator's functions, a graphical configuration tool
		for modifying the configuration file, saving and loading the emulator's
		state, creation of new disk image files, support for directly mounting
		hard disk images with partitions formatted with the FAT32 file system,
		and many more.
	</longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="X">
			Enable X11 integration for better fullscreening functionality
		</flag>
		<flag name="debug">
			Enable the internal debugger of this program
		</flag>
		<flag name="ffmpeg">
			Enable MPEG.TS + H.264 video capture format support
			via <pkg>media-video/ffmpeg</pkg>
		</flag>
		<flag name="fluidsynth">
			Enable FluidSynth to be used as the MIDI synthesizer
		</flag>
		<flag name="opengl">
			Enable OpenGL as a video system to use for output
		</flag>
		<flag name="png">
			Enable screenshot and video capture support
			via <pkg>media-libs/libpng</pkg>
		</flag>
		<flag name="slirp">
			Enable the SLIRP back-end for network adapter emulation
		</flag>
		<flag name="truetype">
			Enable TrueType font (TTF) output and printing support
			via <pkg>media-libs/freetype</pkg>
		</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<doc>https://dosbox-x.com/wiki/</doc>
		<remote-id type="github">joncampbell123/dosbox-x</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

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USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p games-emulation/dosbox-x | euse -E <flag> -p games-emulation/dosbox-x | euse -D <flag> -p games-emulation/dosbox-x

Flag Description 9999 2026.08.31 2026.08.02
X Enable X11 integration for better fullscreening functionality
debug Enable the internal debugger of this program
ffmpeg Enable MPEG.TS + H.264 video capture format support via <pkg>media-video/ffmpeg</pkg>
fluidsynth Enable FluidSynth to be used as the MIDI synthesizer
opengl Enable OpenGL as a video system to use for output
png Enable screenshot and video capture support via <pkg>media-libs/libpng</pkg>
slirp Enable the SLIRP back-end for network adapter emulation
truetype Enable TrueType font (TTF) output and printing support via <pkg>media-libs/freetype</pkg>

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST dosbox-x-v2026.08.02.tar.gz 133086440 bytes 2026.08.02
DIST dosbox-x-v2026.08.31.tar.gz 133102570 bytes 2026.08.31
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