Typescript compiler: Cannot find name 'Map'

Question

I have Electron + Angular app. I would like to use Typescript for Electron, so I have main.ts file and want to compile it to main.js using 'tsc main.ts'. However, I get the following error:

node_modules/@types/selenium-webdriver/remote.d.ts:139:29 - error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.

Still main.js is generated and can be used when i run electron without tsc command. However, I would like it run by one script without any error.

My tsconfig.json contains:

{
 "compileOnSave": false,
 "compilerOptions": {
  "baseUrl": "./",
  "outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
  "sourceMap": true,
  "declaration": false,
  "module": "es2015",
  "moduleResolution": "node",
  "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
  "experimentalDecorators": true,
  "target": "es5",
  "typeRoots": [
    "node_modules/@types"
   ],
  "lib": [
   "es2017",
   "dom"
  ]
 }
}

I've already tried various combinations of target and lib configuration (e.g. es6) but with no success.

Can anybody please help? Many thanks!

Answer 1

When you run tsc main.ts, your tsconfig.json file is not being used. Instead run tsc -p . or simply tsc, and if necessary, restrict the input files to the compilation using the files, include, and exclude options in tsconfig.json.

Answer 2

For some reason, when I added the include and exclude sections as above, I still got errors:

"../node_modules/@types/selenium-webdriver/http.d.ts:24:14 - error TS2583: Cannot find name 'Map'. Do you need to change your target library? Try changing the `lib` compiler option to es2015 or later" 

The errors stopped when I ran: npm i @types/node

I would love to know why (: