Does NPM have a flag for peer dependency install?

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Looking through the documentation I see -S, -O, -D etc. options for installing dependencies, but I don't see a flag for installing to the peer dependency block.

Does NPM have a flag for installing to peer dependencies?

Duplicated: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35207380/how-to-install-npm-peer-dependencies-automatically — Tim Wong, Mar 08 '20 at 03:00
No that's different. That's after the peer dependencies are installed. — Ole, Mar 08 '20 at 03:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '20 at 08:26

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Per https://blog.npmjs.org/post/110924823920/npm-weekly-5,

Peer dependencies won't be automatically installed and you must install them manually.

If you want to save peer dependencies for your project, install with the --peer flag.

answered Mar 08 '20 at 08:26

Carter Himmel

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I tried `--peer` but the dependency is still added to the `dependencies` block. – Ole Mar 08 '20 at 20:24
`npm i --peer cuid` – Ole Mar 08 '20 at 20:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '20 at 22:08

No, there is no CLI flag to install as a peer dependency.

You will need to manually edit package.json to add a property peerDependencies.

{
  "name": "my-package",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "peerDependencies": {
    "cuid": "^2.1.0"
  }
}

https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#peerdependencies

Does NPM have a flag for peer dependency install?

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