====== About ======

A software repository is a storage location from which software packages are retrieved for installation.

Hyperbola repositories contain essential and popular software which follow the [[en:project:social_contract|Hyperbola Social Contract]], readily accessible via pacman. They are maintained by package maintainers.

Packages in the repositories are constantly stabilized to follow the [[en:manual:contrib:packaging_guidelines|Hyperbola Packaging Guidelines]]: when a package is upgraded, its old version is removed from the repository. Each repository is always coherent, i.e. the packages that it hosts always have reciprocally compatible versions.

===== Repositories =====

==== core ====

This repository can be found in **.../core/os/** on your favorite mirror.

//core// contains packages for:

  * booting operating system
  * connecting to the Internet
  * building packages
  * management and repair of supported file systems
  * the system setup process (e.g. openssh)

==== extra ====

This repository can be found in **.../extra/os/** on your favorite mirror. 

//extra// contains all packages that do not fit in core. Example: Xorg, window managers, web browsers, media players, tools for working with languages such as Python and Ruby, free and libre games and a lot more. 
===== Acknowledgement =====

This wiki article is based on **ArchWiki**. We may have removed non-[[https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html|FSDG]] bits from it.