Stacks.js: [CLI] Requires global typescript installation

[kyranjamie]

I've seen users encounter this on Discord and also ran into it myself.

Here's the stacktrace, but gist is that the CLI requires a global install of typescript.

Resolution
Remove typescript as a global dependency.

Recreate
Clean install / remove global typescript dep and try running cli.

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:927
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'typescript'
Require stack:
- /Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js
- /Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/@stacks/cli/bin.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:924:15)
    at Function.resolve (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:98:19)
    at loadCompiler (/Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js:185:34)
    at create (/Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js:190:28)
    at Object.register (/Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js:162:21)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/@stacks/cli/bin.js:3:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1092:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1121:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ts-node/dist/index.js',
    '/Users/kyranjamie/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/@stacks/cli/bin.js'
  ]
}

[tyGavinZJU]

The same situation.
You should do npm install -g typescript before npm install @stacks/cli

[marcosc90]

Similar to #964

See: https://github.com/blockstack/stacks.js/issues/964#issuecomment-812455616

ts-node has typescript as a peerDependency, and peer dependencies are not installed by default from NPM v3-v6. NPM 7 reintroduced the automatic installation of peer dependencies.
The issue is no longer present on the latest NPM version. To fix it for those using older versions of NPM, listing typescript as a dependency is the only solution.