NAME

       dub-fetch - Manually retrieves and caches a package

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Note:  Use  "dub  add  <dependency>"  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  in  a
       place where several applications can share them. If you just have a dependency to add, use
       the `add` command. 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

       $ dub run vibelog --cache=local

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

OPTIONS

       --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

       --force-remove
           Deprecated option that does nothing

   COMMON OPTIONS
       See dub(1)

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) 1999-2024 by The D Language Foundation

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION

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

SEE ALSO

       dub(1), dub-add(1)