RPM einai ta arxika toy "Red Hat Package Manager" kai apotelei th bash ths dianomhs Linux ths Red Hat. H kuria leitoyrgia toy einai na egka8ista kai na apegka8ista paketa.
Ayto to keimeno asxoleitai me thn egkatastash toy RPM se ena susthma slackware xrhsimopoiwntas epejergasth Intel, alla oi plhrofories poy anaferontai edw prepei na efarmozontai se opoiadhpote dianomh.
H pio prosfath ekdosh aytou toy HOWTO brisketai sto http://www.threepoint.com/HOWTO/RPM+Slackware.html
Gia perissoteres plhrofories, diabaste to RPM-HOWTO (dia8esimo sto geitoniko sas LDP mirror). Epishs, skefteite thn idea na agorasete to ejairetiko biblio, Maximum RPM, toy Ed Bailey apo th Red Hat Software, Inc.