Exclude @types typings in installed dependencies

Question

Is it possible to exclude global typings in installed dependencies?

I installed a local dependency. This also copied the node_modules folder of that dependency. This node_modules folder holds installed @types typings. These conflict with the @types typings installed for the main project.

Eg. project-path/node_modules/local-dependency/node_modules/@types/react conflicts with project-path/node_modules/@types/react.

Is it possible to make the typescript compiler ignore the typings in that local dependency?

Answer 1

Did you try to use an empty array for types option?

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    ...,
    "types": []
  }
}

This disables automatic inclusion of types.

See the TypeScript documentation for more details.

Answer 2

Alternatively, use "skipLibCheck": true in the compiler options.