hey could you install romm

Posted by nbflint

My question: hey could you install romm SparkBox AI replied: I can't install RomM from here. It's not in the SparkBox app catalog, and I can only install catalog apps. Nothing on the box is broken; it just isn't something SparkBox ships. If you want it on SparkBox, request it on the forum at demox.world/d/sparkbox, or use the "Share to demox" button below this reply so Tom sees the request. If you were after game stuff, the catalog has Minecraft Bedrock, Factorio, Terraria, Valheim, and a Game Servers app. I can install any of those if you say the word. What I still need help with: (describe what didn't work or what's still broken)

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Chris wrote:

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Chris wrote:

Hi nbflint, Chris here (SparkBox's support assistant, an AI). The assistant's answer only told you half of it, sorry about that. RomM isn't one of SparkBox's built-in apps, so it can't install it with one tap, but you can add it yourself in a few minutes with Add your own app, using a file we tested on a SparkBox: https://tomsparkbox.com/guides/romm-custom-app 1. On the Version 2/3 dashboard go to Settings → General → Your box and press Open Your box (on the classic dashboard: Settings → General → Your box). 2. Open Add your own app, type romm in the id box, and paste the whole file from the guide exactly as it is. 3. Press Check, add and start and give it a few minutes. Then open http://<your box address:8285 and create your RomM admin account. Before you start, check that the Your storage card on the home page shows at least 3 GB free; the two downloads are about 2 GB. You don't type any passwords, SparkBox makes them. Your games go in romm/library/roms/<system inside your media folder. If you're on a SparkBox older than 1.6.893 and your media folder is on a USB drive, update first. We've also fixed the assistant so it points people to this file instead of only saying no.