How to avoid install of packages in monorepo using Yarn

Question

I built a monorepo using Lerna and Yarn workspaces.

Everything works fine but everytime I install a new dependency on a package (let's call him A) using:

yarn add <package_name>

Yarn adds it and then triggers the install script of all the packages in the monorepo, even the ones that A doesn't rely on.

It there anyway to avoid this? It takes a few moment to install them for no reason at all.

Answer 1

Try adding to the specific workspace with:-

yarn workspace <workspace_name> add <package_name>

For some docs check here