dart pub remove
Use dart pub remove to remove a dependency.
Remove is one of the commands of the pub tool.
$ dart pub remove <package> [options]
This command removes the specified package from the pubspec as a dependency.
For example, the following command is equivalent to
editing pubspec.yaml (removing http from dependencies
or dev_dependencies)
and then calling dart pub get:
dart pub remove http
Options
#For options that apply to all pub commands, see Global options.
--[no-]offline
#
By default, pub connects to the network
to retrieve hosted packages (--no-offline).
To use cached packages instead, use --offline.
For details,
see Getting while offline.
-n, --dry-run
#
Reports which dependencies would change, but doesn't change any.
--[no-]precompile
#
By default, pub precompiles executables
in immediate dependencies (--precompile).
To prevent precompilation, use --no-precompile.
--[no-]example
#
By default, after removing the specified dependencies,
pub also retrieves the dependencies of the
example/ directory
of the package (--example).
To skip retrieving example dependencies, use --no-example.
In a workspace
#
In a Pub workspace dart pub remove removes
dependencies from the package in the current directory.
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