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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