Package Management

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.
• Building Packages gives information on various aspects of the package building process.
• Boot Volume Directory Structure outlines the directory structure of a package management powered Haiku boot volume.
• Haiku Package File Format specifies in detail the file format of Haiku package files (HPKG) and Haiku package repository files (HPKR).
• 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).
• (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 is a video of Ingo and Oliver explaining and demonstrating the package management branch at BeGeistert.