---
name: "dune-package"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dune"
version: "3.24.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dune-package"
---

# dune-package(1)

Experimental package management

## NAME

dune-package - Experimental package management

## SYNOPSIS

**dune package** *COMMAND* …

## DESCRIPTION

Commands for OCaml package management

## COMMANDS

- **enabled** \[*OPTION*\]…

  Check if the project indicates that dune's package management features should be enabled. Exits with 0 if package management is enabled and 1 otherwise.

- **lock** \[*OPTION*\]… \[*LOCKDIRS*\]…

  Create a lockfile

- **outdated** \[*OPTION*\]… \[*LOCKDIRS*\]…

  Check for outdated packages

- **print-digest** \[*OPTION*\]… *PACKAGE*

  Print the digest of a package in the project's lockdir.

- **print-solver-env** \[*OPTION*\]… \[*LOCKDIRS*\]…

  Print a description of the environment that would be used to solve dependencies and then exit without attempting to solve the dependencies or generate the lockfile. Intended to be used to debug situations where no solution can be found to a project's dependencies.

- **search** \[*OPTION*\]… \[*QUERY*\]

  Search for packages through repositories in workspace.

- **validate-lockdir** \[*OPTION*\]… \[*LOCKDIRS*\]…

  Validate that a lockdir contains a solution for local packages

## COMMON OPTIONS

These options are common to all commands.

- **--help**\[=*FMT*\] (default=**auto**)

  Show this help in format *FMT*. The value *FMT* must be one of **auto**, **pager**, **groff** or **plain**. With **auto**, the format is **pager** or **plain** whenever the **TERM** env var is **dumb** or undefined.

- **--version**

  Show version information.

## MORE HELP

Use \`**dune** *COMMAND* --help' for help on a single command.

## EXIT STATUS

**dune package** exits with:

- 0

  on success.

- 1

  if an error happened.

- 130

  if it was interrupted by a signal.

## BUGS

Check bug reports at https://github.com/ocaml/dune/issues

## SEE ALSO

[dune(1)](/dune/1.md)