AgowanA
Deno12mo ago
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Agowan

deno install Omit/exclude dev dependencies from package.json

I have a sveltekit project that I want to convert to using deno 2.0 (currently using 2.1.9). I can run
deno build
(to pre render my sveltekit app) and
cd build && deno index.js
works like a charm. However, I also have some api routes that use npm packages.
Everything works fine when running locally.
But when I build my Docker image, I would like to install only the needed dependencies (those under dependencies). I don’t need the
devDependencies
, such as lints and types. In npm, I would use
--omit=dev
(I believe Bun has a similar flag).

Is there a way to exclude
devDependencies
when running
deno install


I have checked the manual: https://docs.deno.com/runtime/reference/cli/install/, but I couldn't find anything about excluding
deDependencies
.
The closest thing I found was this: https://docs.deno.com/runtime/reference/cli/install/#options-entrypoint, but it’s unclear which file I should specify for sveltekit.

Does anyone know if there is a way to omit
devDependencies
when running
deno install
or should I use
--entrypoint=file1.file2
, if so which file should I select? Or is there a better way to handle this?
Or is there a better way to handle this?
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