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Installing Anbox

1. Setting up compatible Kernel, Headers, and Modules:

1.1. Installing the Kernel and Headers: Perform one of the below options (not both)

1.1.1. Install a patched kernel:

1.1.1.1. Choose a kernel from here: List of Arch Linux Kernels patched for Anbox. For simplicity, this guide talks about the installation of linux-xanmod-anbox. However, you could use any of the kernels from the above link and follow similar steps to install the kernel and the corresponding kernel header.
1.1.1.2. Install the above kernel (along with headers) using

yay -S --needed linux-xanmod-anbox linux-xanmod-anbox-headers

1.1.2 (Not recommended if you have not built a kernel before) Build your kernel with configuration options: Follow How to Build Linux Zen Kernel with Configuration Options for Anbox.

1.2. Boot through the new kernel: This guide assumes that you use Grub as the bootloader (this is the default in RebornOS). Instead of steps 2.1 and 2.2, you could alternatively use grub-customizer to accomplish the same tasks

1.2.1. Edit the Grub file:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

 GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
 GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
 GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

(Save and exit)

1.2.2 Regenerate grub.cfg:

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

1.2.3. Reboot and choose the patched kernel that you just installed

1.3. Setting up Kernel Modules:

1.3.1. Enable module loading at boot:

sudo gedit /etc/modules-load.d/anbox.conf

 ashmem_linux
 binder_linux

(Save and exit)

1.3.2. Load Modules:

sudo modprobe -a binder-linux ashmem-linux

1.3.3. Enable creating mount point of binderfs at boot:

sudo gedit /etc/tmpfiles.d/anbox.conf

 d! /dev/binderfs 0755 root root

(Save and exit)

1.3.4. Mount binderfs:

 sudo mkdir -p /dev/binderfs
 sudo mount -t binder none /dev/binderfs

1.3.5. Enable mounting binderfs at boot:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

 none                         /dev/binderfs binder   nofail  0      0

(Save and exit)

2. Setting up Anbox:

2.1. Install Anbox:

yay -S anbox-git

(Select one of the options. If you are not sure, you can pick anbox-image-gapps-magisk-xposed)

2.2. Configure Networking:

sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-networkd

2.3. Enable the Container Manager Service:

sudo systemctl enable --now anbox-container-manager.service

2.4. Enable the Session Manager Service:

sudo systemctl --user enable --now anbox-session-manager.service

2.5 Verify modules: Check if the modules are loaded correctly by running the below:

 anbox systeminfo | grep binder -1
 anbox systeminfo | grep ashmem -1