# install-mh(8mh) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       install-mh - initialize the nmh environment

## SYNOPSIS
       **/usr/lib/mh/install-mh** [**-help**] [**-version**] [**-auto**] [**-check**]

## DESCRIPTION
       **install-mh**  creates  the initial setup for a first-time **nmh** user.  **install-mh** is installed in
       two locations for historical reasons.

       The **-auto** switch does things as automatically as possible and makes **install-mh** less chatty.

       The user is prompted for the name of the directory to be designated as the user's **nmh**  direc‐
       tory.   If  this  directory  does not exist, the user is asked if it should be created.  Nor‐
       mally, this directory should be under the user's home directory, and has the default name  of
       _`Mail'_.  **install-mh** writes an initial _.mh_profile_ for the user.

       As  with  all  **nmh** commands, **install-mh** first checks for the existence of the **$MH** environment
       variable, since that, if set, gives the profile path.  If it isn't set, the **$HOME** environment
       variable  is consulted to determine the user's home directory.  If **$HOME** is not set, then the
       _/etc/passwd_ file is consulted.

       When creating the user's _.mh_profile_, **install-mh** will check for the  existence  of  a  global
       profile  at  _/etc/nmh/mh.profile_.  If found, this will be used to initialize the new _.mh_pro__‐
       _file_.

       The **-check** switch checks if **nmh** is installed.  (This can be used by other programs to  deter‐
       mine if **nmh** has been installed.)

## FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.
       /etc/nmh/mh.profile Used to initialize user's profile.

## PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path:               To set the user's nmh directory.

## CONTEXT
       With **-auto**, the current folder is changed to “_inbox_”.


## UNDOING THE INSTALLATION
       If you only ran install-mh to try out **nmh** briefly, you might like to remove the configuration
       files it creates. (This is not obligatory -- **install-mh** creates only a  few  small  files  so
       simply leaving them in place will not cause problems.)

       Most  **nmh** configuration information lives in the user's **nmh** directory; you can print its name
       by running

### mhpath +

       Basically all plain files in the **nmh** directory are configuration files and can be removed.

       _Attention:_ The **nmh** directory holds not just configuration files! Its  subdirectories  contain
       all the emails you have written or received with **nmh.**  Don't delete the **nmh** directory without
       carefully checking that there are no mail files that you might want later!

       The only configuration file that lives outside the **nmh** directory is your  profile  file.  You
       can print its name by running

### echo ${MH:-$HOME/.mh-profile}

       If you aren't using nmh any more you can delete this file, too.




nmh-1.7.1                                    2002-11-18                              [INSTALL-MH(8mh)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/INSTALL-MH/8mh/markdown)