Cubic can be started by simply clicking on the application launcher icon.

Since Cubic is a graphical user interface application, this is the preferred way to launch Cubic.

Cubic can also be started by using the command-line.

cubic [-h] [-l] [-v] [-V] [directory] [iso]

The cubic command accepts two optional positional arguments:

• directory

  The directory for a new or existing project. For a new project, the directory should be empty.

• iso

  The original ISO file for a new project. If directory is an existing project, this argument will be ignored.

The cubic command accepts four optional arguments:

• -h, --help

  Shows the help message and exits.

• -l, --log

  Outputs a formatted log to the project directory.

  (The log does not include Cubic startup information because a project directory must be selected first. To view Cubic startup information use -v or --verbose to show output on the console.)

• -v, --verbose

  Outputs a formatted log to the console. The log is 80 columns wide and can be useful for debugging.

• -V, --version

  Prints the Cubic version, author, and website, and exits.

Cubic may not be run using sudo or as root because it is graphical user interface application.