Getting Started
The Go APIs can be used as is using Go’s package manager.
The cue binary can be installed using one of the following methods.
Binary install
Download from GitHub
Binaries for various operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS can be downloaded from CUE releases section on Github.
Install using homebrew
In addition, CUE can be installed with using brew on MacOS and Linux:
brew install cuelang/tap/cue
Installation on Arch Linux
For Arch Linux the community maintains a Arch User Repository package called cuelang-bin:
yay -S cuelang-bin
Install CUE from source
Prerequisites
Go 1.12 or higher (see below)
Installing CUE
To download and install the cue command line tool run
go get -u cuelang.org/go/cmd/cue
And make sure the install directory is in your path.
To also download the API and documentation, run
go get -u cuelang.org/go/cue
Installing Go
Download Go
You can load the binary for Windows, MacOS X, and Linux at https://golang.org/dl/. If you use a different OS you can install Go from source.
Install Go
Follow the instructions at https://golang.org/doc/install#install. Make sure the go binary is in your path. CUE uses Go modules, so there is no need to set up a GOPATH.