HaikuPort

A HaikuPort is that which allows a piece of software to be built and run on Haiku. It consists of:

• Haiku-specific patches to the original source code.
• a BepFile. This is a recipe that haikuporter uses to fetch, patch, build and install the port. It also serves to track the revision of the HaikuPort.

HaikuPorts are divided into a number of sub-categories. The categories are the same as in  Gentoo Portage (what a coincidence!). For example, the Simple Direct Media Layer (SDL) library is part of the media-libs category.

A HaikuPort is characterized by a port name and a port version. The port name is simply a short name for the software package, for example libsdl for the SDL library mentioned above. A port version reflects the version of the software package. The HaikuPort of the SDL version 1.2.14 library is referred to as libsdl-1.2.14. Next to the port name and version, there is also a revision number. This number serves to identify changes in the HaikuPort of a software package.