# Installer dosbox-x avec Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de dosbox-x pour les workflows d'agents IA.
## installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:dosbox-x
```
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install dosbox-x
```
Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install dosbox-x
```
Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: emulators/dosbox-x/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install dosbox-x
```
Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: dosbox-x from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dosbox-x
```
Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dosbox-x/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Windows
- Scoop (92%):
```sh
scoop install extras/dosbox-x
```
Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dosbox-x.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget (92%):
```sh
winget install --id joncampbell123.DOSBox-X -e
```
Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: joncampbell123.DOSBox-X from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
## Faits du paquet
- **Clé du paquet:** brew:dosbox-x
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2026.08.02
- **Résumé source:** DOSBox with accurate emulation and wide testing
- **Page d'accueil:**
- **Dépôt:**
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-08-03T07:46:19Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## exécutables
- dosbox-x (alias)
## Comportement d'installation
- Bouteille: non disponible
## Version et fraîcheur
- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 2026.08.02
## Historique du projet et usages
DOSBox-X is a DOSBox-derived emulator that expands beyond DOS gaming into accurate, highly configurable emulation for DOS applications, Windows 3.x/9x/ME environments, PC-98/DOS/V use cases, development, testing, and preservation.
### Historique du projet
The official README says DOSBox-X began as a fork of the original DOSBox project around mid-2011. Maintainer Jonathan Campbell wanted to make broad emulator changes, many of them non-game-related, without depending on upstream acceptance in a project whose primary focus was DOS games.
DOSBox-X later incorporated features and improvements from DOSBox SVN Daum and from other projects including DOSBox ECE, DOSBox Staging, DOSVAX/DOSVAXJ3, and vDosPlus. The project identifies itself as a separate project from DOSBox because the two have different schedules and priorities.
GitHub release history shows public Windows release artifacts by February 2018, and the README describes a monthly release pattern in which new versions are normally made public at the start of each month.
### Historique d'adoption
DOSBox-X's adoption is strongest among users who need more than a game-focused DOSBox profile: people running old DOS applications, Windows 3.x/9x/ME software, PC-98 programs, networking, printing, save states, menu-driven configuration, and development or preservation workloads.
The project publishes Windows, Linux, macOS, and DOS builds, and source facts list distribution through Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and winget.
### Modes d'utilisation
Users run dosbox-x as a configurable virtual DOS machine for games, applications, Windows-on-DOS setups, and hardware-accuracy testing. The wiki is the main user guide for setup and operation, while the README points builders to INSTALL and BUILD documents.
Its monthly release model and wide option surface make it attractive for packagers who want frequent upstream fixes, but it also means package maintainers need to watch config compatibility, SDL build choices, and optional platform-specific features.
### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
DOSBox-X is significant because it is the sprawling, preservation-heavy DOSBox branch: it values knobs, hardware coverage, and compatibility experiments that a simpler game launcher might avoid. For package nerds, it is the variant you reach for when emulation coverage and configurability matter more than minimalism.
It also documents the genealogy of DOSBox forks unusually clearly, naming its relationship to DOSBox, DOSBox SVN Daum, DOSBox ECE, DOSBox Staging, DOSVAX, and vDosPlus.
### Chronologie
- 2011: DOSBox-X starts as a fork of the original DOSBox project.
- 2018: GitHub release artifacts show public DOSBox-X Windows builds.
- 2020s: The project documents a monthly release pattern with new versions normally published near the start of each month.
- 2026: Releases continue under date-based dosbox-x-vYYYY.MM.DD tags.
### Related projects
- DOSBox-X is related to original DOSBox, DOSBox SVN, DOSBox SVN Daum, DOSBox ECE, DOSBox Staging, DOSVAX/DOSVAXJ3, vDosPlus, DOSLIB/DOSLIB2, and HX DOS Extender.
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## Notes de sécurité
Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour dosbox-x. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.
## Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
## Configuration files
- Unix: dosbox-x.conf
## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
- Debian apt - dosbox-x - 2025.02.01+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dosbox-x from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DOS emulator with complete, accurate hardware emulation | https://dosbox-x.com
- Debian apt - dosbox-x-data - 2025.02.01+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dosbox-x-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DOS emulator with accurate hardware emulation - data | https://dosbox-x.com
- Nix - dosbox-x: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dosbox-x/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - dosbox-x - 2024.03.01+dfsg-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dosbox-x from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DOS emulator with complete, accurate hardware emulation | https://dosbox-x.com
- Ubuntu apt - dosbox-x-data - 2024.03.01+dfsg-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dosbox-x-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DOS emulator with accurate hardware emulation - data | https://dosbox-x.com
- MacPorts - dosbox-x: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: emulators/dosbox-x/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/dosbox-x: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dosbox-x.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - joncampbell123.DOSBox-X: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: joncampbell123.DOSBox-X from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dosbox-x.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dosbox-x.yml)
## Sources
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph