I can not import my published typescript library, with this error: "Module not found: Can't resolve 'tqt' in ..."

Question

I published a dead simple typescript module using this tutorial, and it is installed via

npm install --save tqt@1.0.0

When trying to use it in a program, I get this:

Module not found: Can't resolve 'tqt' in '/home/akiva/Programming/frogcast/src'

from this:

import React from "react";
import { CA_PoliticalParty } from "tqt";

console.log(CA_PoliticalParty); // Anything that invokes this will error.
class App extends React.Component
{
    constructor() {
        super("");
    }
    render() { return ( <div> </div> )};
};

export default App;

With the relevant code that was published being this:

TQt.ts

// Canadian Enumerators
export enum CA_PoliticalParty {
    // Canadian Major National Political Parties
    None= "None",
    CPC = "CPC",
    GPC = "GPC",
    LPC = "LPC",
    NDP = "NDP",
    PPC = "PPC",
}

index.ts

export {CA_PoliticalParty} from './TQt'

package.json

{
  "name": "tqt",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Typescript Namespaces and Enums",
  "main": "index.js",
  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "Akiva Avraham <akiva@linux.com>",
  "license": "GPL-2.0",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+ssh://akiva@git.launchpad.net/tqt"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "typescript": "^3.6.4"
  }
}

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "target": "es6",
    "declaration": true,
    "outDir": "./dist", 
    "lib": ["es5","es6","dom"]
  },
  "include": [
    "src/**/*"
  ]
}

Is there anything obvious I am missing here? I played around with the settings only in very minor ways with no changes, and I followed the tutorial exactly as it is laid out.

Answer 1

The problem is that the TypeScript outDir does not match the package.json main. For your particular setup, it will work if you change main to dist/index.js (which is parallel to what you did correctly for types.)