DUB-ADD(1)

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version 1.42.0 · 9 versions
, in arch rolling

💅 NAME 💅

ok so dub-add — the DUB subcommand that literally just adds dependencies to your package file. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she's simple, she's iconic, she does one thing and does it well 🎀

welcome to DUB-ADD(1), brought to you by The D Language Foundation (yes, the whole manual, bestie, buckle up) ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like, you give her a package name (maybe with a version spec attached, cute), you can give her a few more packages after that, and then some OPTIONS... if you're feeling extra 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

She adds <packages> as dependencies. full stop, no notes 💅

Running dub add <package> is literally the same thing as going into your dub.json/dub.sdl and adding <package> to the "dependencies" section yourself. except now you don't have to, and you can tell everyone you didn't 🫶

and here's the part that's giving convenience: if you don't specify a version for one of the packages, dub will go query the registry for the latest version. she'll find it for you. main character energy fr ⭐

👑 OPTIONS 👑

💖 COMMON OPTIONS 💖

See dub(1) — yeah bestie, the whole common-options situation lives over there, go peek 🌈

ngl this is the entire OPTIONS section. that's not me skipping anything, that's just what she wrote. iykyk 😭

🔥 EXIT STATUS 🔥

  • 0 — DUB succeeded. slay. everything worked. we love to see it 💖
  • 1 — usage errors, unknown command line flags. you typed something she didn't recognize, no cap 💀
  • 2 — package not found, package failed to load, miscellaneous error. the "it's giving chaos" bucket 🙈

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • dub.sdl
  • dub.json

these two. these are the files she's messing with. iconic duo 👑

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Copyright (c) 1999-2026 by The D Language Foundation 💜

🌟 ONLINE DOCUMENTATION 🌟

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

go read the docs, bestie, they're right there 🦋

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole dub friend group, honestly 💅✨

okay that's the whole page!! go forth and add your dependencies 💖 this was DUB-ADD(1) from The D Language Foundation, dated 2026-08-16 — mwah, love u, bye 🍓🧚💜

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