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Package Management
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This is a short index of the available package management related documentation.
- `Package Management Infrastructure`_ provides an overview of what components
belong to Haiku's package management infrastructure and how they work and
interact.
.. _Package Management Infrastructure: Infrastructure.rst
- `Building Packages`_ gives information on various aspects of the package
building process.
.. _Building Packages: BuildingPackages.rst
- `Boot Volume Directory Structure`_ outlines the directory structure of a
package management powered Haiku boot volume.
.. _Boot Volume Directory Structure: DirectoryStructure.rst
- `Haiku Package File Format`_ specifies in detail the file format of Haiku
package files (HPKG) and Haiku package repository files (HPKR).
.. _Haiku Package File Format: FileFormat.rst
- `Packaging Policy`_ defines the policy for creating Haiku packages.
.. _Packaging Policy: PackagingPolicy.rst
- `Packages Status`_ gives an overview of the packages needed for a Haiku
standard build and their current status.
.. _Packages Status: PackagesStatus.rst
- `Hybrid Builds`_ provides some information regarding hybrid builds.
.. _Hybrid Builds: HybridBuilds.rst
- HaikuDepot_ explains the concept and ideas behind HaikuDepot, the GUI package
manager in the making.
.. _HaikuDepot: HaikuDepot.rst
- Migration_ lists the changes that users should expect when migrating to a
package management Haiku.
.. _Migration: Migration.rst
- `Bootstrapping Haiku`_ explains the process of bootstrapping Haiku and third-party packages.
.. _Bootstrapping Haiku: Bootstrapping.rst
- TODO_ is a list of package management related work still to be done.
.. _TODO: TODO.rst
- `Blog posts`_ on package management (the Batisseur ones are only indirectly
package management related).
.. _Blog posts: https://www.haiku-os.org/tags/package-management/
- `(Old) Package Management Ideas`_ is a collection of thoughts and discussions
regarding package management. It has been partially obsoleted by the progress
on the package management implementation.
.. _(Old) Package Management Ideas: OldIdeas.rst
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNZQQM5zU-Q&list=PL3FFCD4C6D384A302 is a video
playlist of Ingo and Oliver explaining and demonstrating the package
management branch at BeGeistert 2011.
Below are links to source code related to Haiku's package management.
- Package management has been merged into "master", so see the Haiku_ and
Buildtools_ repositories for that
.. _Haiku: http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/
.. _Buildtools: http://cgit.haiku-os.org/buildtools/
- HaikuPorts_ contains the build recipes of various ports.
.. _HaikuPorts: https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports
- haikuports.cross_ contains the minimal set of build recipes to bootstrap a new
Haiku architecture.
.. _haikuports.cross: https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports.cross
- haikuporter_ is the tool to create binary packages from build recipes.
.. _haikuporter: https://github.com/haikuports/haikuporter
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