From: renaud <renaud@vmi2930009.contaboserver.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:44:03 +0000 (-1000)
Subject: docs: add RHEL install instructions
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docs: add RHEL install instructions

and post install instructions
---

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a67bb60..2a7b0edf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ sudo zypper install git libmount-devel dbus-1-devel libacl-devel libboost_thread
   docbook-xsl-stylesheets libxml2-devel libbtrfs-devel
 ```
 
+In the RHEL-based distributions, you can install the needed
+packages by using these commands:
+
+```sh
+# Install development tools
+sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"
+# Dependencies for snapper development
+sudo dnf install git libmount-devel dbus-devel libacl-devel \
+    docbook-xsl libxml2-devel btrfs-progs-devel \
+    cmake make automake gcc-c++ systemd-devel boost-devel \
+    ncurses-devel json-c-devel pam-devel
+```
 ### Building Snapper
 
 You can download the sources and build Snapper by using these commands:
@@ -55,6 +67,15 @@ sudo killall snapperd
 (sudo) snapper ...
 ```
 
+#### Post install steps
+
+```sh
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/sysconfig
+sudo touch /etc/sysconfig/snapper
+sudo chmod 644 /etc/sysconfig/snapper
+sudo restorecon -v /etc/sysconfig/snapper # if SELinux
+```
+
 ### Running Tests
 
 Snapper includes some internal unit tests to avoid some bugs and regressions.