Dub can't find and download packages

[Mike Parker]

On Wednesday, 5 August 2020 at 17:32:49 UTC, vanaur wrote:
>
> My concern is thus the following: I can't add packages to my 
> project, Dub warns me that they are not available.
> For the example, I try to add this dependency 
> (https://code.dlang.org/packages/pegged) with the following

> command:  dub add pegged . Dub then returns an error:
>
>> Failed to get versions for package pegged on provider registry 
>> at https://code.dlang.org/ (fallbacks registry at 
>> https://codemirror.dlang.org/, registry at 
>> https://dub.bytecraft.nl/, registry at 
>> https://code-mirror.dlang.io/): Failed to download 
>> https://code.dlang.org/api/packages/infos?packages=%5B%22pegged%22%5D&include_dependencies=true&minimize=true
>> Could not find package 'pegged'.
>
> My project was initialized correctly with Dub (dub init... + 
> the whole procedure). I also tried to add the dependency 
> manually, in dub.sdl:
>
>   dependency "pegged" version="~>0.4.2"
>
> But it doesn't change anything.
> Why doesn't it work? What do I need to do to get Dub to 
> download and add dependencies?

You're doing it right. It's possible that the servers were down 
(though it would be a rare circumstance for the fallbacks to be 
down). Or there might be an issue with pegged specifically. Have 
you tried it since? Does it work for other packages?

>
> PS: how do you write blocks of code and insert links in forum 
> posts? I've tried the makefile syntax, but it doesn't work.

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It's a common idiom here. And, one day, the web frontend may get 
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Alternatively, you could put the link on a new line:

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Up to you.

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