I am confused how to create deployable Typescript applications in a monorepo. I have a yarn workspace monorepo that is using yarn PnP (which removes node_modules). It generated .pnp.cjs, .pnp.loader.mjs and .yarn/cache (which contains all the dependencies zipped up).

I am using the latest yarn version v4.2.2

My monorepo structure is:

.yarn
  /cache
.pnp.cjs
.yarn.lock
package.json
apps
  /app1
   package.json
  /app2
   package.json
packages
  /app1
   package.json

When building the application, I am using compiling TS into the individual app dist folders that can be deployed. However, what I am confused about is how would it contain the dependencies?

I have tried copying the root .pnp.cjs and .yarn/cache into the dist. Still when trying to start the application node index.js – none of the dependencies can be found. Am I missing a crucial step to ensure dependencies are available in the built dist?

Locally, the dependencies can be found and the apps run fine. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.