.TH DUB-FETCH 1 "2018-12-21" "The D Language Foundation" "The D Language Foundation"
.SH NAME
dub \- Package and build management system for D
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBdub fetch\fR
<\fIname\fR>
\fIOPTIONS\&.\&.\&.\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Note: Use the "dependencies" field in the package description file (e.g. dub.json) if you just want to use a certain package as a dependency, you don't have to explicitly fetch packages.



Explicit retrieval/removal of packages is only needed when you want to put packages to a place where several applications can share these. If you just have an dependency to a package, just add it to your dub.json, dub will do the rest for you.



Without specified options, placement/removal will default to a user wide shared location.



Complete applications can be retrieved and run easily by e.g.

$ dub fetch vibelog --cache=local

$ cd vibelog

$ dub



This will grab all needed dependencies and compile and run the application.



Note: DUB does not do a system installation of packages. Packages are instead only registered within DUB's internal ecosystem. Generation of native system packages/installers may be added later as a separate feature.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP --version=VALUE
Use the specified version/branch instead of the latest available match
The remove command also accepts "*" here as a wildcard to remove all versions of the package from the specified location
.IP --force-remove
Deprecated option that does nothing
.SH FILES
\fIdub\&.sdl\fR, \fIdub\&.json\fR
.SH AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by The D Language Foundation
.SH "ONLINE DOCUMENTATION"
.UR http://code.dlang.org/docs/commandline
.UE http://code.dlang.org/docs/commandline
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR dmd(1)
dub(1)