---
name: "pm-setup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pm-setup"
---

# pm-setup(1)

create directories to hold a local NCBI Entrez Direct archive

## NAME

pm-setup - create directories to hold a local NCBI Entrez Direct archive

## SYNOPSIS

**pm-setup** **-db** *database*

## DESCRIPTION

**pm-setup** creates directories to hold a local NCBI PubMed archive; unlike [**pm-prepare**(1)](/pm-prepare/1.md), it performs no further actions.

## OPTIONS

- **-db** *database*

  Specific database to cover.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **EDIRECT\_LOCAL\_ARCHIVE**

  Local archive directory to use; expected to hold an absolute path.

## SEE ALSO

[**archive-nihocc**(1)](/archive-nihocc/1.md), [**archive-nlmnlp**(1)](/archive-nlmnlp/1.md), [**archive-nmcds**(1)](/archive-nmcds/1.md), [**archive-pids**(1)](/archive-pids/1.md), [**archive-pmc**(1)](/archive-pmc/1.md), [**archive-pubmed**(1)](/archive-pubmed/1.md), [**archive-taxonomy**(1)](/archive-taxonomy/1.md), [**pm-prepare**(1)](/pm-prepare/1.md), [**rchive**(1)](/rchive/1.md).