diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
index 31a32f477..8cb6ea8e7 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ module Hledger.Cli.Commands (
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Register
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
+  ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Setup
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
 ) 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Register
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Roi
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
+import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Setup
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
 import Hledger.Cli.Utils (tests_Cli_Utils)
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ builtinCommands = [
   ,(roimode                , roi)
   ,(runmode                , runOrReplStub)
   ,(replmode               , runOrReplStub)
+  ,(setupmode              , setup)
   ,(statsmode              , stats)
   ,(tagsmode               , tags)
   ,(testmode               , testcmd)
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ commandsList progversion othercmds =
   ," diff                     compare an account's transactions in two journals"
   ,"+git                      save or view journal file history simply in git"       -- hledger-git
   ,"+pijul                    save or view journal file history simply in pijul"     -- hledger-pijul
+  ," setup                    check and help set up various installation things"
   ," test                     run some self tests"
   ,""
     -----------------------------------------80-------------------------------------
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67b5baf1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{-|
+
+Check and help set up various installation things.
+
+-}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+
+module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Setup (
+  setupmode
+ ,setup
+)
+where
+
+-- import Data.Default (def)
+-- import System.FilePath (takeFileName)
+-- import Data.List (intercalate, nub, sortOn)
+-- import Data.List.Extra (nubSort)
+-- import qualified Data.Map as Map
+-- import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+-- import Data.HashSet (size, fromList)
+-- import qualified Data.Text as T
+-- import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
+-- import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder as TB
+-- import Data.Time.Calendar (Day, addDays, diffDays)
+-- import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (getPOSIXTime)
+-- import GHC.Stats
+-- -- import System.Console.CmdArgs.Explicit hiding (Group)
+-- import System.Mem (performMajorGC)
+-- import Text.Printf (printf)
+-- import Text.Tabular.AsciiWide
+
+import Hledger
+import Hledger.Cli.CliOptions
+-- import Hledger.Cli.Utils (writeOutputLazyText)
+
+
+setupmode = hledgerCommandMode
+  $(embedFileRelative "Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.txt")
+  []
+  cligeneralflagsgroups1
+  hiddenflags
+  ([], Just $ argsFlag "[QUERY]")
+
+-- like Register.summarisePostings
+-- | Print various statistics for the journal.
+setup :: CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ()
+setup _opts@CliOpts{rawopts_=_rawopts, reportspec_=_rspec} _j = do
+  print "setup"
+
+
+  -- let today = _rsDay rspec
+  --     verbose = boolopt "verbose" rawopts
+  --     q = _rsQuery rspec
+  --     l = ledgerFromJournal q j
+  --     intervalspans = snd $ reportSpanBothDates j rspec
+  --     ismultiperiod = length intervalspans > 1
+  --     (ls, txncounts) = unzip $ map (showLedgerStats verbose l today) intervalspans
+  --     numtxns = sum txncounts
+  --     txt = (if ismultiperiod then id else TL.init) $ TB.toLazyText $ unlinesB ls
+  -- writeOutputLazyText opts txt
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a251b715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## setup
+
+Check and help set up various installation things.
+
+```flags
+Flags:
+no command-specific flags
+```
+
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.txt b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..409c9b4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+setup
+
+Check and help set up various installation things.
+
+Flags:
+no command-specific flags
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/commands.m4 b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/commands.m4
index c8869f2fe..46e2cb6e0 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/commands.m4
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/commands.m4
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ _command_({{Rewrite}})
 
 _command_({{Check}})
 _command_({{Diff}})
+_command_({{Setup}})
 _command_({{Test}})
 
 }})m4_dnl
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index 50c9003d0..96ea9a3f3 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ extra-source-files:
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Repl.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Roi.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
+    Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Tags.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Test.txt
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ library
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Roi
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
+      Hledger.Cli.Commands.Setup
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
       Hledger.Cli.CompoundBalanceCommand
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 0fc9b7a6e..c364113a1 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ Here are those commands and the formats currently supported:
 | prices                |     |     |      |      |     |
 | rewrite               |     |     |      |      |     |
 | roi                   |     |     |      |      |     |
+| setup                 |     |     |      |      |     |
 | stats                 |     |     |      |      |     |
 | stockquotes           |     |     |      |      |     |
 | tags                  |     |     |      |      |     |
@@ -6514,6 +6515,7 @@ If you have installed more [add-on commands](../scripts.md), they also will be l
 
 - [check](#check)                                  - check for various kinds of error in the data
 - [diff](#diff)                                    - compare account transactions in two journal files
+- [setup](#setup)                                  - check and help set up various installation things
 - [test](#test)                                    - run self tests
 
 
diff --git a/hledger/package.yaml b/hledger/package.yaml
index f03a66b88..38a1b2102 100644
--- a/hledger/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger/package.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ extra-source-files:
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Repl.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Roi.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
+- Hledger/Cli/Commands/Setup.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Tags.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Test.txt
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ library:
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Roi
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
+  - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Setup
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
   - Hledger.Cli.CompoundBalanceCommand