Qooxdoo server is a basic component that runs in many different contexts and environments, as it has very few dependencies to the underlying runtime. For use in command-line tools and programs you will need a corresponding JavaScript interpreter like NodeJS. It is also possible to use Qooxdoo in HTML5 Web Workers.
$ npm install @Qooxdoo/framework
This will install the npm package into your current folder from where you can include it easily into your applications.
In both cases, to verify the installation use your runtime's loading primitive to include it in a program, e.g. for Node:
var qx = require('@Qooxdoo/framework')