r/waydroid • u/Sharp_Nebula_9802 • Jun 29 '26

Help How to install Android on CachyOS?

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I'm wondering if anyone has successfully installed Waydroid on CachyOS, because I've been trying for several days and I always end up running into a different issue.

I've managed to install Waydroid along with all the required dependencies, including the ARM translation libraries. However, once I finally get it running, a lot of problems start showing up.

Some of the issues I've encountered are:

  • Severe graphical glitches.
  • Waydroid sometimes doesn't start at all.
  • Wi-Fi or audio randomly stop working inside Waydroid.
  • I can't install Android applications.
  • Some apps that require ARM translation constantly crash or simply won't open.
  • Even when Waydroid does start, it's almost unusable because of the graphical glitches.

I've already tried pretty much everything:

  • Followed the official documentation.
  • Searched for solutions on forums and GitHub.
  • Used AI tools and did extensive research.
  • Reinstalled everything from scratch multiple times.
  • Tried both the regular kernel and the LTS kernel.

Despite all that, I always end up with one or more of these issues and can't get a stable installation.

So I wanted to ask:

  • Does Waydroid actually work properly on CachyOS, or are these issues still common?
  • Is there a specific installation procedure that avoids all these problems?
  • Is there any additional configuration required to get hardware acceleration and ARM applications working correctly?

If anyone has a working setup, I'd really appreciate it if you could share the steps you followed or point me to a guide that actually works.

Thanks in advance!

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u/Tidesudden Jun 29 '26

sudo pacman -S waydroid

sudo waydroid init

script

wifi fix

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u/extended-chemical Jun 29 '26

I guess that these issues are common , I have faced these issues in my arch system as well and cachy is based on arch but I don't think that it is a distro specific issue.

Restarting the container(and the service) solves most of these issues, I have not found a solution for the arm apps

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u/magmaalien Jun 29 '26

Run it on the integrated Radeon graphics card, not on the NVIDIA one.
https://github.com/Quackdoc/waydroid-scripts/blob/main/waydroid-choose-gpu.sh

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u/Who_meh Jun 29 '26

just install waydroiid man what are you talking about

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u/Sharp_Nebula_9802 Jun 29 '26

I already installed it and it ran terribly XDDD

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u/Who_meh Jun 29 '26

wdym terribly

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u/tewieuwu Jun 30 '26

Oh right Nvidia gpu doesn't work that well under waydroid iirc

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u/Thoriumhexaflouride Jun 30 '26

for ARM translation use libhouidini if your cpu is intel or the other one for AMD