Cannot find name 'object'. webpack: Failed to compile.

[rcadhikari]

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Current behavior

ERROR in /Users/ram.adhikari/apps/expert-rates/frontend/node_modules/ngx-chips/dist/modules/components/tag-input/tag-input.d.ts (72,17): Cannot find name 'object'.
webpack: Failed to compile.

Expected behavior

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions (if applicable)

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior? (if applicable)

What do you use to build your app?. Please specify the version

Webpack v2.7.0, angular-cli v1.26,

Angular version:

v4.3.2

ngx-chips version:

^1.4.6

Browser: [all | Chrome XX | Firefox XX | IE XX | Safari XX | Mobile Chrome XX | Android X.X Web Browser | iOS XX Safari | iOS XX UIWebView | iOS XX WKWebView ]

Chrome XX(latest), Firefox XX (latest)

[Gbuomprisco]

TS >= 2.2 is required

[rcadhikari]

Doesn't work with TSC v2.4.2.

[Gbuomprisco]

can you paste a stacktrace and your package.json? sorry but it's very odd unless something changed in TS 2.4?

[rcadhikari]

Highlighted the issue caused by the script below:

[rcadhikari]

Here is my stacktrace and package.json below:

{
  "name": "apl-frontend",
  "version": "0.5.0",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "ng build",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/common": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/compiler": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/core": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/forms": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/http": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/platform-server": "^4.3.2",
    "@angular/router": "^4.3.2",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-dateinputs": "^1.0.5",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-dropdowns": "^1.1.2",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-excel-export": "^1.0.3",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-grid": "^1.2.3",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-inputs": "^1.0.7",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-intl": "^1.2.2",
    "@progress/kendo-angular-l10n": "^1.0.2",
    "@progress/kendo-data-query": "^1.0.6",
    "@progress/kendo-drawing": "^1.1.2",
    "@telerik/kendo-theme-default": "^1.33.4",
    "angular2-material-datepicker": "^0.5.0",
    "animate.css": "3.1.1",
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
    "chart.js": "^2.6.0",
    "core-js": "^2.4.1",
    "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
    "jquery": "^3.1.0",
    "jquery-slimscroll": "^1.3.8",
    "jquery-sparkline": "^2.4.0",
    "jvectormap-next": "^3.0.0",
    "metismenu": "^2.5.0",
    "ng2-charts": "^1.6.0",
    "ngx-bootstrap": "^1.8.1",
    "ngx-chips": "^1.4.6",
    "peity": "^3.2.1",
    "rxjs": "^5.4.2",
    "zone.js": "^0.8.16"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular/cli": "^1.2.6",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^4.3.2",
    "@types/jasmine": "2.5.38",
    "@types/node": "^6.0.85",
    "codelyzer": "~2.0.0",
    "jasmine-core": "~2.5.2",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~3.2.0",
    "karma": "~1.4.1",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.0.0",
    "karma-cli": "~1.0.1",
    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "^0.2.0",
    "karma-jasmine": "~1.1.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
    "protractor": "^5.1.2",
    "ts-node": "~2.0.0",
    "tslint": "~4.5.0",
    "typescript": "~2.1.5",
    "webpack": "^2.7.0"
  }
}

[Gbuomprisco]

Update typescript (there is a tilde in the package json) so your version is fixed to 1.1

[rcadhikari]

Modifying the "typescript": "~2.4.2" to "typescript": "^2.4.2" resolved the issue.

Then ran the following:

rm -rf node_modules
npm cache clean --force
npm install
ng serve

Thank you @Gbuomprisco for help!!!