Using dub

[Joel via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 07:25:18 UTC, Rikki Cattermole
wrote:
> On 27/01/2015 8:03 p.m., Joel wrote:
>> I'm having trouble using dub. Nothing seems to work (-h works 
>> though). I
>> would like an example or two of how to get an app going (stand 
>> alone for
>> now). I'm using the Mac OS.
>
> Lets use Devisualization.Window as an example.
> Assuming in a safe directory and dmd/dub on PATH variable:
>
> $ git clone https://github.com/Devisualization/window.git
> $ cd window
> $ dub build de_window:test
> $ ./de_window_test
>
> For simple test app:
>
> $ mkdir myapp
> $ cd myapp
> $ dub init
> $ nano source/app.d
> // edit
> // ctrl + x, y
>
> $ dub build
> $ ./myapp
> // or
> $ dub run

I get this (dub isn't in the path):

Joels-MacBook-Pro:window joelcnz$ ../dub build de_window:test
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master: Got .excludedSourceFiles
of type string - expected array.
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2: Expected version number
in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master: Got .excludedSourceFiles
of type string - expected array.
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2: Expected version number
in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/jpro/dpro2/OtherPeoples/window
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master: Got .excludedSourceFiles
of type string - expected array.
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2: Expected version number
in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dil-master: Got .excludedSourceFiles
of type string - expected array.
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2
Failed to load package in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/dplug-0.0.2: Expected version number
in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.1.6:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3
Failed to load package in /Users/joelcnz/.dub/packages/gfm-1.3.3:
Expected version number in version spec: *
Failed to parse package description in
/Users/joelcnz/jpro/dpro2/OtherPeoples/window
Error executing command build: Expected version number in version
spec: *