error: could not load typescript -> how to set compiler=global typescript instalation?

[flyon]

I just upgraded after quite a while and get the error "Could not load typescript. Try in stalling with npm install typescript".

But I just updated my global npm typescript module, and I don't really want to install typescript for every small project.

Can I somehow point to the local typescript compiler?

npm list typescript -g
C:\Users***\AppData\Roaming\npm
└── typescript@1.7.3

[jbrantly]

See #35 for a related discussion. The jist of it is that loading globally is discouraged and sometimes doesnt work correctly (for reasons that are unknown to me). TypeScript also recently removed the preferGlobal flag.

That said, ts-loader doesn't do anything special with regards to loading TypeScript locally or globally. It simply does require('typescript') and let's node take care of the rest.

See this comment for a possible workaround using npm link.

[flyon]

sorry didnt see that issue before. tnx for the info around loading globally, for now npm link typescript works great!