---
name: "dub-fetch"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dub"
version: "1.42.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dub-fetch"
---

# dub-fetch(1)

Explicitly retrieves and caches packages

## 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**

  Also fetches dependencies of specified packages

- **--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)](/dub/1.md)

## 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) 1999-2026 by The D Language Foundation

## ONLINE DOCUMENTATION

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

## SEE ALSO

[**dub**(1)](/dub/1.md), [**dub-add**(1)](/dub-add/1.md)