firstly:
Synthetic Package Manager is* [or can be called as] Unofficial Haiku Package Manager , since theres no real official one.
What can be done with SPM Pro?
- You can install any app/game/library with dependencies for haiku
- You can uninstall all games/apps/libs previously installed via SPM Pro
- You can update any app/game/libs via SPM aswell
- You can install packages wherever you want , SPM has been designed to install apps on different dirs than “boot/apps”. You can even install apps / games / emulators in different dirs for example:
/boot/apps
/haikudrive2/games
/haikutemp/emulation
Why SPM “is good”*:
- It manages to install/uninstall apps in very haiku’ish way. No advanced package format, just pure zip’s.
- Its fast. It will download an app/game/emulator with or without dependencies [you can choose how to install desired app -> with or without dependencies]
- You can install only dependencies for a package, without actually installing app [this could be helpfull for someone that keeps app on separate partition for portability]
- Every app / game / emulator added to SPM has been manually tested by me to work on HAIKU A1/A2 so there’s no chance to download not working package.
- design of SPM actually IS FUTURE PROOF, so even if haiku dev’s add a multiaccount abilities to haiku, and force users to install apps/games somewhere else than boot/apps SPM is ready for that.
- Every app / games and LIBRARY can be UNINSTALLED from system nice and quick via “Quick Uninstall” option.
- SPM not only have haiku/beos native apps, but also QT Apps compiled to use with haiku.
- At the moment SPM have more than +800 [or even more] packages ready to install on haiku.
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- I hear screams “how could you said it” behind my back…