For Windows

Install Python

Flask is a Python web framework, thus requiring Python to be installed on your machine.

To install Python on your machine , follow the link https://python.org/download/, and download a Windows MSI installer for Python. Once downloaded, run the MSI installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

Once the installation is complete, open the command prompt and check the Python version by executing this command

python --version

If you encounter any problems, first make sure you have set the PATH variable correctly. You might need to adjust your PATH environment variable to include paths to the Python executable and additional scripts. For example, if your Python is installed in C:\Python34\, the following paths need to be added to PATH:

C:\Python34\;C:\Python34\Scripts;

Install PIP

PIP is a package manager for Python that uses the Python Package Index to install Python packages. PIP will later be used to install flask from PyPI. If you've installed Python 3.4, pip is included so you may skip this section.

Step 1: To install pip first we need to download get-pip.py file. To do that go to this link https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and save this file by ctrl + s in the same file where the python is located.

Python is usually saved on this path: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310.

Step 2: Once this file is save, open the command prompt by typing cmd in your start menu,then navigate to where the get-pip.py is located in your system and run the below given command

python get-pip.py

Now pip is installed in your system, you can check it through this command

pip --version

Install Flask

Now we have everything we need to install in Flask. We can easily install Flask by running this command in the command prompt.

pip install Flask

Aand we are done with setting up flask in our system, now you can code all you want in flask.

For Linux

Step 1: Updating System

Update your system by executing the below given command in your terminal.

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install Python

Although you already have python installed in your system, as it is included while installing any linux based os, but if it is not included run the following command to install python.

sudo apt-get install python3

Check the version of python through this command:

python3 -v

Step 3: Install pip

Pip is included with the python versions above 3.4. So if you have installed python version which is above 3.4 then you can skip this step

Run this command in the terminal to install pip

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Step 4: Install Flask

Now we are all set to install flask in our system. Run this command in the terminal:

pip install flask

Setting Up Cuba

Now that you have installed flask in your system its time to setup the cuba theme and start creating you wonderful website.

Step 1: Check Flask Version

Make Sure that flask is installed in your system by running this command

flask --version

If it is not installed then make sure that you install it first by above given steps.

Step 2: Install dependencies

Once you have navigated to the cuba folder, make sure that you have run.py in your current directory, you can check it by typing ls in your terminal (if using linux) or dir (if using windows).

Now that we are in the right directory, run the below given commands to install all the dependencies one by one.

pip install libsass

pip install flask_sqlalchemy

pip install flask_login

pip install flask_admin

pip install flask_assets

pip install flask_wtf

pip install email_validator

Step 3: run the project

Now that all the dependencies are installed we are ready to run our project in the development server. Run the following command in the terminal:

flask --app run.py --debug run

open the link http://127.0.0.1:5000 in your browser to view the project.