Running Linux version of Steam using box86 using chroot and install Wine.
Parts of this guide are based on this article by rna from armbian forum https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16584-install-box86-on-arm64/
We need debootstrap to create the chroot and schroot to enter the chroot.
We need to install virgl-test-server to have GPU acceleration.
# Install build dependencies
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install -y git ninja-build python3 python3-pip libgbm-dev schroot debootstrap
# Install latest meson through python
pip3 install --user meson
sudo ln -s ~/.local/bin/meson /usr/local/bin/meson
# Build and install libepoxy
git clone https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy
cd libepoxy; meson -Dprefix=/usr build; sudo ninja -j$(nproc) -C build install; cd ../
# Build and install virglrenderer
git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer
cd virglrenderer; meson -Dprefix=/usr build; sudo ninja -j$(nproc) -C build install; cd ../
sudo mkdir -p /srv/chroot/debian-armhf
sudo nano /etc/schroot/chroot.d/debian-armhf.conf
Copy paste this code, and change into computer username.
[debian-armhf]
description=Debian Armhf chroot
aliases=debian-armhf
type=directory
directory=/srv/chroot/debian-armhf
profile=desktop
personality=linux
preserve-environment=true
root-users=<username>
users=<username>
sudo nano /etc/schroot/desktop/nssdatabases
copy paste this code
# System databases to copy into the chroot from the host system.
#
# <database name>
#passwd
shadow
#group
gshadow
services
protocols
#networks
#hosts
#user
sudo debootstrap --arch armhf --foreign bullseye /srv/chroot/debian-armhf http://deb.debian.org/debian
sudo chroot "/srv/chroot/debian-armhf" /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
sudo nano /srv/chroot/debian-armhf/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
copy paste this code
root root 2755 /usr/bin/crontab
sudo nano /etc/schroot/desktop/fstab
add "#" before line
/home /home none rw,bind 0 0
Xephyr :2 & virgl_test_server --use-glx
Now you should be able to schroot by typing
sudo schroot -c debian-armhf
nano /root/.bashrc
add this code to the bottom of the line
export LANGUAGE="C"
export LC_ALL="C"
export DISPLAY=:2
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
export GALLIUM_DRIVER=virpipe
echo "<username> ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
apt install sudo
adduser <username>
usermod -aG sudo <username>
su - <username>
then again add bashrc
nano /home/<username>/.bashrc
add this code to the bottom of the line
export LANGUAGE="C"
export LC_ALL="C"
export DISPLAY=:2
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
export GALLIUM_DRIVER=virpipe
sudo bash -c 'echo "deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install git wget cmake build-essential meson python3 gcc pciutils
sudo apt build-dep mesa
git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86
cd box86;mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DRPI4=1; make -j$(nproc); sudo make install
git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa
cd mesa; meson build -Dgallium-drivers=virgl,swrast -Dvulkan-drivers=; cd build; ninja -j$(nproc); sudo ninja install
exit
sudo cp /srv/chroot/debian-armhf/etc/binfmt.d/box86.conf /etc/binfmt.d/box86.conf
sudo systemctl restart systemd-binfmt
Time to install steam.
Be sure that virgl-server is still running, then run :
schroot -c debian-armhf
sudo apt install libnm0 zenity nginx libgtk2.0-0 libdbus-glib-1-2 libxss1 libdbusmenu-gtk4 libsdl2-2.0-0 libice6 libsm6 libopenal1 libusb-1.0-0 libappindicator1
mkdir steam; cd steam; wget http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb; ar x steam.deb; tar xf data.tar.xz; STEAMOS=1 setarch -L linux32 ./usr/lib/steam/bin_steam.sh
You should be able to run steam in chroot with command :
STEAMOS=1 setarch -L linux32 ~/steam/usr/lib/steam/bin_steam.sh
In Xephyr window you should see Steam. Browser won't work as It's 64-bit, in view choose small mode an this part should work. Keep in mind that It's unstable so it can crash.
About Wine, best option to install it is using steps form this guide: https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86/blob/master/docs/X86WINE.md
Adding i386 arch and installing package traditional way can cause issues with GPU acceleration in system.
Every time you start app from this chroot you need to have Xephyr and virgl_test_server running with command from earlier. You can define Xephyr resolution with -display variable.