TypeScript Installation

install, load and activate nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

install node.js version 16 (compatible with aws cdk)

nvm install 16
npm install -g npm@9.8.0

check versions

node -v
npm -v

global typescript installation
npm i -g typescript