Lesson 5, "ts-node" command not working

[alkali333]

After installing ts-node, trying to run in the console gave me a "command not found" error. I found a solution online that suggested using the npx command as follows

npx ts-node deploy.ts

This worked. I got it from the second answer given here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44764004/ts-node-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command-operable-program

Can somebody please let me know if that was the right thing to do and, if so, why was it necessary? I don't really understand the stackoverflow answer.

[krakxn]

Do not worry, it was fine to follow that.

A brief overview would be the answer elaborating to not install it globally as it would lead to a dependency "collision" if another one incorporates a different version of ts-node.

npx is basically for executing ts-node deploy.ts.

[averbinnen]

I had this same problem as well and npx solved it. I had previously downloaded yarn/corepack globally using the sudo command. Would this have caused the dependency collision @krakxn referenced when running ts-node?

[MUHAMMAD-AMMAR-TANWEER]

yarn ts-node deploy.ts and it works for me