= Package Management =

This is a short index of the available package management related documentation.

 * [wiki:PackageManagement/Infrastructure Package Management Infrastructure] provides an overview of what components belong to Haiku's package management infrastructure and how they work and interact.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/BuildingPackages Building Packages] gives information on various aspects of the package building process.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/DirectoryStructure Boot Volume Directory Structure] outlines the directory structure of a package management powered Haiku boot volume.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/FileFormat Haiku Package File Format] specifies in detail the file format of Haiku package files (HPKG) and Haiku package repository files (HPKR).
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/PackagingPolicy Packaging Policy] defines the policy for creating Haiku packages.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/PackagesStatus Packages Status] gives an overview of the packages needed for a Haiku standard build and their current status.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/HybridBuilds Hybrid Builds] provides some information regarding hybrid builds.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/HaikuDepot HaikuDepot] explains the concept and ideas behind HaikuDepot, the GUI package manager in the making.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/Migration Migration] lists the changes that users should expect when migrating to a package management Haiku.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/Bootstrapping Bootstrapping Haiku] explains the process of bootstrapping Haiku and third-party packages.
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/TODO TODO] is a list of package management related work still to be done.
 * [https://www.haiku-os.org/tags/package_management Blog posts] on package management (the Batisseur ones are only indirectly package management related).
 * [wiki:PackageManagement/OldIdeas (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.
 * 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 [http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/ Haiku] and [http://cgit.haiku-os.org/buildtools/ Buildtools] repositories for that
 * [https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports HaikuPorts] contains the build recipes of various ports.
 * [https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports.cross haikuports.cross] contains the minimal set of build recipes to bootstrap a new Haiku architecture. 
 * [https://github.com/haikuports/haikuporter haikuporter] is the tool to create binary packages from build recipes.