=============================== Boot Volume Directory Structure =============================== This is the directory layout of the boot volume:: home/config , and runtime_loader> system add-ons apps bin boot cache* data demos develop documentation lib non-packaged* packages* preferences servers settings* var* haiku_loader kernel_ runtime_loader trash The structure mostly equals the pre-package management directory structure with the following changes: - ``common`` has been removed, or more correctly it has been merged into ``system``. All system-wide software is now installed (only) in ``system``. - The ``develop`` directory has been removed and its contents has been moved to the ``system/develop`` directory. - The ``include`` directory has been removed. Its contents lives in ``develop/headers`` now. - ``optional`` has been removed. Optional features can just be installed via the package manager. - ``share`` and ``etc`` (in ``common``) have been removed. Their contents goes to ``data``, ``documentation``, or ``settings`` (in ``system`` or, for packages installed there, in ``home``) as appropriate. There's ``settings/etc`` which is where ported Unix software will usually store their global settings. - ``apps`` and ``preferences`` have been moved to ``system`` for consistency. - ``system`` and ``home/config`` each sport a ``packages`` directory, which contains the activated packages. - ``system`` and ``home/config`` themselves are mount points for two instances of the packagefs, i.e. each contains the virtually extracted contents of the activated packages in the respective ``packages`` subdirectory. The directories marked with ``*`` are "shine-through" directories. They are not provided by the packagefs, but are the underlying directories of the boot volume. Unlike the other directories they are writable. - ``system`` and ``home/config`` each contain a directory ``non-packaged`` which has the same structure as their parent directory minus the shine-through directories. In the ``non-packaged`` directories software can be installed the traditional -- non-packaged -- way.