Anbox

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Support Status	see Status below
Difficulty	medium
Maintainer	Patrick
Support	Professional Support

Status

Works on Debian stretch on real hardware.

Does not work inside Whonix VirtualBox most likely due to anbox issues inside VirtualBox.

Small chance it will work better once Whonix is based on Debian buster.

Install Anbox

Update the package lists.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get update

Install adb fastboot.

sudo apt-get install adb fastboot

sudo apt-get install adb fastboot

Install anbox and newer kernel.

Package linux-headers-amd64 anbox linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64 anbox can be installed from Debian backports. This is non-ideal, see footnote.

1. Boot Whonix-Workstation (whonix-ws-14) TemplateVM.

2. Add the current Debian stable backports codename stretch-backports to Debian apt sources.

Note: this applies to Whonix 14.0.1.3.8. Later Whonix versions may use a codename different to stretch.

In Whonix-Workstation (whonix-ws-14) TemplateVM, run.

sudo su -c "echo -e 'deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list"

sudo su -c "echo -e 'deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list"

Alternatively, users who like Onionizing Repositories can set the .onion mirror.

sudo su -c "echo -e 'deb tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian stretch-backports main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list"

sudo su -c "echo -e 'deb tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian stretch-backports main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list"

3. Update the package lists.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get update

4. Install the select software.

sudo apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64 anbox

sudo apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64 anbox

The procedure is now complete.

5. Undo.

On occasion it is necessary to undo this configuration, for example when upgrading from Debian stretch to buster. To proceed, run.

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list

Change directory to the /var/lib/anbox folder.

cd /var/lib/anbox

cd /var/lib/anbox

Download anbox andorid image.

sudo curl --tlsv1.2 --remote-name https://build.anbox.io/android-images/2018/07/19/android_amd64.img

sudo curl --tlsv1.2 --remote-name https://build.anbox.io/android-images/2018/07/19/android_amd64.img

Download anbox andorid image sha256sum file.

sudo curl --tlsv1.2 --remote-name https://build.anbox.io/android-images/2018/07/19/android_amd64.img.sha256sum

sudo curl --tlsv1.2 --remote-name https://build.anbox.io/android-images/2018/07/19/android_amd64.img.sha256sum

Verify.

sha256sum --check android_amd64.img.sha256sum

sha256sum --check android_amd64.img.sha256sum

Should show:

android_amd64.img: OK

Rename android_amd64.img to android.img.

sudo mv android_amd64.img android.img

sudo mv android_amd64.img android.img

Reboot required.

sudo reboot

sudo reboot

Start Anbox

From Start Menu

Start menu -> Accessories -> Anbox

From Command Line

anbox launch --package=org.anbox.appmgr --component=org.anbox.appmgr.AppViewActivity

anbox launch --package=org.anbox.appmgr --component=org.anbox.appmgr.AppViewActivity

Anbox Issues

https://github.com/anbox/anbox/issues/72

user@host:~$ anbox check-features
Your computer does meet all requirements to run Anbox
user@host:~$ sudo anbox check-features
Your computer does meet all requirements to run Anbox

env ANBOX_LOG_LEVEL=debug anbox session-manager
libEGL warning: DRI2: failed to authenticate
[ 2018-12-31 12:16:33] [Renderer.cpp:168@initialize] Using a surfaceless EGL context
[ 2018-12-31 12:16:33] [Renderer.cpp:193@initialize] Failed: Missing egl_image related extension(s)
[ 2018-12-31 12:16:33] [service.cpp:41@Service] Successfully acquired DBus service name
Stack trace (most recent call last) in thread 3080:
#7    Object "[0xffffffffffffffff]", at 0xffffffffffffffff, in 
#6    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7f324fdb8ace, in clone
#5    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0", at 0x7f3251e76493, in 
#4    Object "anbox", at 0x56263e972600, in emugl::Thread::thread_main(void*)
#3    Object "anbox", at 0x56263e89832c, in RenderThread::main()
#2    Object "anbox", at 0x56263e96d7a3, in renderControl_decoder_context_t::decode(void*, unsigned long, IOStream*)
#1    Object "anbox", at 0x56263e8f558e, in 
#0    Object "anbox", at 0x56263e8f8555, in RendererConfigList::getPackInfo(int*, int*) const
Segmentation fault (Address not mapped to object [(nil)])
Segmentation fault

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