When are the dependencies of a Firebase Function installed on the hosting server? On deploy?

Question

"If you are deploying through the Firebase CLI, the local node_modules folder is ignored, and you must specify your dependencies in package.json"

Thus, are the dependencies in the package.json installed on deploy in the hosting server?

Yes, otherwise the code wouldn't work. Pretty sure the deploy runs `npm install` on the server. — camden_kid, Aug 09 '18 at 13:10

Doug Stevenson · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-09T15:18:08.383

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Cloud Functions will effectively npm install after deployment to get a hold of all the dependencies for your code, as specified in package.json.

edited Aug 09 '18 at 15:18

answered Aug 09 '18 at 15:17

Doug Stevenson

This is the only way to make sure everything is up to date. – Doug Stevenson Aug 09 '18 at 15:18
Then how can he install local dependencies (using lerna monorepo paradigm) ? – Titou Sep 14 '21 at 23:10

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