NAME¶

dub-fetch - Explicitly retrieves and caches packages

SYNOPSIS¶

dub fetch <package>[@<version-spec>] OPTIONS...

DESCRIPTION¶

When run with one or more arguments, regardless of the location it is run in,

it will fetch the packages matching the argument(s).

Examples:

$ dub fetch vibe-d

$ dub fetch vibe-d@v0.9.0 --cache=local --recursive

When run in a project with no arguments, it will fetch all dependencies for that project.

If the project doesn't have set dependencies (no 'dub.selections.json'), it will also perform dependency resolution.

Example:

$ cd myProject && dub fetch

Note that the 'build', 'run', and any other command that need packages will automatically perform fetch,

hence it is not generally necessary to run this command before any other.

OPTIONS¶

-r, --recursive

--version=VALUE

--force-remove

EXIT STATUS¶

0

DUB succeeded

1

usage errors, unknown command line flags

2

package not found, package failed to load, miscellaneous error

FILES¶

dub.sdl, dub.json

AUTHOR¶

Copyright (c) 1999-2025 by The D Language Foundation

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION¶

http://code.dlang.org/docs/commandline

SEE ALSO¶

dub(1), dub-add(1)