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A complete walkthrough of both the graphical and command-line paths to installing, updating, and removing software on Haiku.
A package won't install, or the system misbehaves after an update. Because packagefs never unpacks files, most of these problems are fixable by manipulating package activation directly, without touching the file system.
After a design drafted in January 2011 and development under funded contracts, Haiku's packagefs-based package management shipped in September 2013 — reshaping how software gets installed on the system.
Installing a package on Haiku doesn't copy files onto disk at all — it mounts the package itself as part of a virtual file system, which is exactly what makes activation and rollback instant.