= RPM installation instructions =

 1. Download http://rpm.netlabs.org/bootstrap/rpm-yum-bootstrap-1_3.wpi.
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 2. Select a target drive for installation. Consider the following:
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   - The target drive should be big enough to install all software you need from RPM repositories. A good estimate is 5G of free space (this counts future RPM releases of big applications like Java, !OpenOffice and so on). If you are a developer, you should double this reserve (so that it can fit the compiler and various frameworks).
   - The installer will create a simplified Unix tree on the target drive. This single tree will be used by all software ported from !Unix/!Linux and distributed with RPM.
   - It is a good idea to select the boot volume as a target drive for the RPM installation (provided that it is big enough). This way, all system components, including those installed from RPM repositories, will live on a single drive and not interfere with your personal data (or with your custom installations of applications from ZIP archives) which we recommend to store on a separate partition.
   - Installing the RPM and Unix tree to a sub-folder is not well tested and therefore not yet possible.
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 3. Start the WPI installer and carefully follow the on-screen instructions.
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Please keep in mind that while it is possible in principle to move the Unix tree together with all software installed from RPM to a different drive later, this operation requires special knowledge. Therefore, it is recommended to plan the hard disk space usage before installing RPM, as described above.

After installation, please read the [http://svn.netlabs.org/rpm/wiki/RpmHowToEndUsers RPM How-To for End Users] that describes the basics of YUM and RPM which you need to know in order to install and remove software distributed as RPM packages.