Roots Theme homepage | Documentation table of contents
Theme activation is handled by lib/activation.php.
After you activate Roots from the WordPress admin you'll be redirected to an activation options page where you can choose to:
Create a page called Home and set it to be the static front page. This is normally handled from the Reading settings.
Change permalink structure to /%postname%/. This is normally handled from the Permalinks settings.
Change uploads folder to /media/ instead of /wp-content/uploads/.
Create the Primary Navigation menu and set the location. This is normally handled from the Menus section under Appearance.
Add all published pages to the Primary Navigation. On a fresh install, this will add the new Home page and existing Sample Page to the navigation.