# Install dub with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Build tool for D projects. Version 1.41.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dub ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dub ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dub ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/dub/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dub ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dub from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dub ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: dub from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dub ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dub from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dub ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dub/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dub ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dub from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install dub ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dub from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dub - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.41.0 - **Source summary:** Build tool for D projects - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:12-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dub (cli) - dub (alias) ## Dependencies - pkgconf ## Build dependencies - ldc ## Uses from macOS - curl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.41.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dlang/dub - Upstream latest detected: v1.41.0 (current) ## Project history and usage DUB is the package and build manager that gave the D language ecosystem a conventional registry-plus-build-tool workflow. It matters because it made reusable D libraries installable and buildable through a shared package description instead of scattered project-specific build scripts. ### Project history The project describes itself as a package and build manager for D applications and libraries, with a central package registry at code.dlang.org. Its README says DUB emerged as a more general replacement for the package manager originally associated with vibe.d, then expanded from dependency management into building projects and generating IDE project files. DUB's design center was deliberately small: a short dub.json or later package file, source in a conventional directory, and automatic dependency downloads during builds. That placed it in the same cultural slot as Cargo, npm, or Bundler, but tailored to D's compiler ecosystem and common D project layouts. ### Adoption history DUB became the normal packaging path for public D libraries because the official registry, documentation, and compiler-facing workflow all point through it. The README records broad packaging support over time, including Homebrew, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, Alpine, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. Its adoption is also tied to IDE and editor integration. The project documentation notes VisualD project generation and Mono-D support for dub.json, which helped make DUB package metadata double as development-environment metadata. ### How it is used D developers use DUB to create packages, resolve dependencies, build executables and libraries, run tests, and publish packages to the D package registry. The common workflow is intentionally root-directory based: run dub from a package directory and let the package file describe dependencies and build settings. DUB also has package-nerd value as an example of a language ecosystem build tool that grew out of a framework-specific need, then became the ecosystem-level package manager. ### Why package nerds care For package database work, DUB is a high-signal package because it is both a CLI and an ecosystem primitive: the executable is a developer tool, while the project also defines package metadata conventions for the D community. It is historically interesting because it sits between older makefile-centric compiled-language workflows and newer language-native package managers. DUB made D packages discoverable through a central registry while still respecting multiple D compilers such as DMD, GDC, and LDC. ### Timeline - 2010s: DUB emerges from vibe.d's package-manager needs and generalizes into a package and build manager for D. - 2010s: code.dlang.org becomes the central DUB package registry. - 2017: DUB 1.5 and 1.6 releases appear in the GitHub release history. - 2020s: DUB remains the documented D package/build workflow and is packaged by mainstream OS package managers. ### Related projects - vibe.d is central to DUB's origin story because DUB's README names it as the package manager that DUB generalized beyond. - code.dlang.org is the registry side of the DUB ecosystem; VisualD and Mono-D are related development tools that consumed DUB package metadata. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /var/lib/dub/settings.json, /../etc/dub/settings.json, /etc/dub/settings.json, $DUB_HOME/settings.json, $ROOT_PACKAGE_DIR/dub.settings.json - Windows: %ProgramData%\dub\settings.json, \..\etc\dub\settings.json, %DUB_HOME%\settings.json, %ROOT_PACKAGE_DIR%\dub.settings.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dub - **Version Scheme:** 1 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - dub - 1.40.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dub from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Package and build management system for D | https://code.dlang.org/ - Nix - dub: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dub/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - dub - 1.36.0-1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dub from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Package and build management system for D | https://code.dlang.org/ - apk - dub - 1.41.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dub from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Package and build management system for D | https://code.dlang.org/ - apk - dub-doc - 1.41.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dub-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Package and build management system for D (documentation) | https://code.dlang.org/ - apk - dub-zsh-completion - 1.41.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dub-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for dub | https://code.dlang.org/ - dnf - dub - 1.41.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dub from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Package and build management system for D | https://github.com/dlang/dub - pacman - dub - 1.41.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dub from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Developer package manager for D programming language | https://github.com/dlang/dub - zypper - dub - 1.41.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dub from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Package manager and meta build tool for the D programming language | https://code.dlang.org - MacPorts - dub: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/dub/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ldc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ldc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cabal-install](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cabal-install/) - 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Shared terms: build, build-tool, build-tools, cli, developer. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dub.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dub.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph