cannot redeclare block scoped variable (typescript)

Question

I\'m building a node app, and inside each file in .js used to doing this to require in various packages.

let co = require(\"co\");

But gett

Answer 1

I was receiving this similar error when compiling my Node.JS Typescript application:

node_modules/@types/node/index.d.ts:83:15 - error TS2451: Cannot redeclare block-scoped variable 'custom'.

The fix was to remove this:

"files": [
  "./node_modules/@types/node/index.d.ts"
]

and to replace it with this:

"compilerOptions": {
  "types": ["node"]
}