1. Install a CubicWeb environment

Official releases are available from the CubicWeb.org forge and from PyPI. Since CubicWeb is developed using Agile software development techniques, releases happen frequently. In a version numbered X.Y.Z, X changes after a few years when the API breaks, Y changes after a few weeks when features are added and Z changes after a few days when bugs are fixed.

Additional configuration can be found in the section Configure a CubicWeb environment for better control and advanced features of CubicWeb.

1.1. Install system dependencies

Assuming your are using a Debian system, here are the packages you need to install:

apt install gettext graphviz

gettext is used for translations (see Internationalization), and graphviz to display relation schemas within the website.

1.2. Install CubicWeb

CubicWeb can be safely installed, used and contained inside a virtual environment. To create and activate a virtual environment, use the following commands:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Then, install CubicWeb and its dependencies by running:

pip install cubicweb

1.3. Install cubes

Many components, called cubes, are available. Those cubes can help expanding the functionalities offered by CubicWeb. A list is available at PyPI or at the CubicWeb.org forge.

For example the api cube can be installed using:

pip install cubicweb-api