npm install is not installing devDependencies

[AshwinSridharan0410]

In my package.json , I have dependencies and devDependencies. But paketo buildpacks is only installing the dependencies .
Is there any env. variable that needs to be passed while we do the pack build command for the above query ?

I went through this issue #330, but still wasnt able to understand.

@ForestEckhardt , would like to know your views here.

[mhdawson]

But paketo buildpacks is only installing the dependencies

Do you mean during the build or in the final container?

[mhdawson]

@AshwinSridharan0410 ping?

[stefanlaz]

@mhdawson I have the same issue. The devDependencies are missing in the final container.

[loewenstein-sap]

Just wondering, isn't installing dependencies and omitting devDependencies exactly what should be done when creating a productive application image. If the dependency is needed at runtime, maybe it should be moved from devDependencies to dependencies?

[stefanlaz]

@loewenstein-sap Sure, for productive images. But you may need an image that runs some tests in CI, for example.