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Package Management
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This is a short index of the available package management related documentation.
- :doc:`Infrastructure` provides an overview of what components
belong to Haiku's package management infrastructure and how they work and
interact.
- :doc:`BuildingPackages` gives information on various aspects of the package
building process.
- :doc:`DirectoryStructure` outlines the directory structure of a
package management powered Haiku boot volume.
- :doc:`FileFormat` specifies in detail the file format of Haiku
package files (HPKG) and Haiku package repository files (HPKR).
- :doc:`PackagingPolicy` defines the policy for creating Haiku packages.
- :doc:`HybridBuilds` provides some information regarding hybrid builds.
- :doc:`Migration` lists the changes that users should expect when migrating to a
package management Haiku.
- :doc:`Bootstrapping` explains the process of bootstrapping Haiku and third-party packages.
- :doc:`TODO <TODO>` is a list of package management related work still to be done.
- `Blog posts`_ on package management (the Batisseur ones are only indirectly
package management related).
.. _Blog posts: https://www.haiku-os.org/tags/package-management/
- :doc:`OldIdeas` is a collection of thoughts and discussions
regarding package management. It has been partially obsoleted by the progress
on the package management implementation.
- 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
.. toctree::
/packages/BuildingPackages
/packages/DirectoryStructure
/packages/FileFormat
/packages/HybridBuilds
/packages/Infrastructure
/packages/Migration
/packages/PackagingPolicy
/packages/Bootstrapping
/packages/TODO
/packages/OldIdeas
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