Building Haiku

Building Haiku from sources is a surprisingly simple process which allows developers to get started quickly developing on Haiku and allowing end users to experiment with the latest Haiku sources.

Please ensure that you have obtained a copy of Haiku’s source code as described in Get the Haiku Source Code if you have not already done so.

Basics

• Port Status - An overview of the platforms Haiku is designed to run on
• Pre-requisite software - The tools you need to compile Haiku
• Getting source code - Obtaining the Haiku sources from GIT
• Compiling Haiku
  • for x86
  • for x86_64
  • for ARM
  • for ARM64
  • for PowerPC
  • for RISCV64
  • for sparc

Additional Resources

• Using Jam - Using the Jam compilation tool to effectively and efficiently build Haiku
• Configuring your build - Setting up your build environment
  • building from external object directory
  • build profiles, UserBuildConfig