Automatic Type Acquisition in VSCode on Ubuntu 14.04

[intoCL]

As posted here

• VSCode Version: 1.16.0
• OS Version: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• installed nodejs and npm using apt-get with nodejs and npm packages respectively
• set "typescript.npm": "/usr/bin/npm"

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create test project directory vscodetest
2. cd into vscodetest
3. open vscode using vscode . from terminal
4. add new JavaScript file app.js
5. add jsconfig.json with the following configuration

{
    "typeAcquisition": {
        "include": [
            "jquery"
        ]
    }
}

6. In app.js start typing the following...
   var f = $('sdsf').

When I hit '.', Intellisense just gives me '$' and 'f'.

Also tried adding package.json with

{
    "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "^3.2.1"
    }
}

[mjbvz]

To help investigate, please:

1. Set "typescript.tsserver.log": "verbose" in your user settings
2. Restart VSCode and open the js file again
3. Wait 10 seconds or so
4. Run the TypeScript: Open TS Server Log command in VSCode
5. This should open a folder with a file called ti-xxx.log That file has info about typings installation

Can you please share this log file or look through it to see if there are any errors? Let me know if you have any questions about collecting this

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[intoCL]

Sorry this took so long. I checked the file and there were indeed some errors.

Global cache location '/home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5', safe file path '/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/node_modules/typescript/lib/typingSafeList.json'
Processing cache location '/home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5'
Trying to find '/home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5/package.json'...
Loaded content of '/home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5/package.json': {}
Finished processing cache location '/home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5'
Process id: 23265
NPM location: "/usr/bin/npm" (explicit '--npmLocation'  provided)
Npm config file: /home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5/package.json
Updating types-registry npm package...
Updated types-registry npm package
Got install request {"projectName":"/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json","fileNames":["/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.d.ts","/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/app.js"],"compilerOptions":{"allowJs":true,"maxNodeModuleJsDepth":2,"allowSyntheticDefaultImports":true,"skipLibCheck":true,"configFilePath":"/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json","allowNonTsExtensions":true},"typeAcquisition":{"enable":true,"include":["jquery"],"exclude":[]},"unresolvedImports":[],"projectRootPath":"/projects/dev/workspace/vstest","kind":"discover"}
Explicitly included types: ["jquery"]
Typing names in '/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/package.json' dependencies: ["jquery"]
Inferred typings from unresolved imports: []
Result: {"cachedTypingPaths":[],"newTypingNames":["jquery"],"filesToWatch":["/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/package.json","/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/bower_components","/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/node_modules"]}
Finished typings discovery: {"cachedTypingPaths":[],"newTypingNames":["jquery"],"filesToWatch":["/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/package.json","/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/bower_components","/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/node_modules"]}
Sending response: {"projectName":"/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json","typeAcquisition":{"enable":true,"include":["jquery"],"exclude":[]},"compilerOptions":{"allowJs":true,"maxNodeModuleJsDepth":2,"allowSyntheticDefaultImports":true,"skipLibCheck":true,"configFilePath":"/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json","allowNonTsExtensions":true},"typings":[],"unresolvedImports":[],"kind":"action::set"}
Response has been sent.
Closing file watchers for project '/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json'
No watchers are registered for project '/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json'
Installing typings ["jquery"]
Npm config file: /home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5/package.json
Sending response: {"kind":"event::beginInstallTypes","eventId":1,"typingsInstallerVersion":"2.5.2","projectName":"/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json"}
Response has been sent.
#1 with arguments'["@types/jquery@ts2.5"]'.
npm install #1 took: 7058 ms
stdout: 
stderr: npm WARN package.json @ No description
npm WARN package.json @ No repository field.
npm WARN package.json @ No README data
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/types/jquery
npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/types/jquery
npm ERR! TypeError: Object.keys called on non-object
npm ERR!     at Function.keys (native)
npm ERR!     at installTargetsError (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:708:24)
npm ERR!     at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:638:10
npm ERR!     at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:142:7)
npm ERR!     at /usr/lib/nodejs/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7
npm ERR!     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>

npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-108-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--ignore-scripts" "@types/jquery@ts2.5" "--save-dev" "--user-agent=typesInstaller/2.5.2"
npm ERR! cwd /home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.10
npm ERR! type called_on_non_object
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/user/.cache/typescript/2.5/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

install request failed, marking packages as missing to prevent repeated requests: ["jquery"]
Sending response: {"kind":"event::endInstallTypes","eventId":1,"projectName":"/projects/dev/workspace/vstest/jsconfig.json","packagesToInstall":["@types/jquery@ts2.5"],"installSuccess":false,"typingsInstallerVersion":"2.5.2"}
Response has been sent.

[mjbvz]

Looks like we are using an old node/npm version here:

node -v v0.10.25
npm -v 1.3.10

Do you have more modern versions installed on your system? If you do, try telling VSCode where it is installed using the "typescript.npm" setting

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