Running ng e2e throws cannot find definition files (rc0)

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OS?

Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). Mac OSX (Yosemite? El Capitan?)
Windows 10

Versions.

Please run ng --version. If there's nothing outputted, please run in a Terminal: node --version and paste the result here:
@angular/cli: 1.0.0-rc.0
node: 7.6.0
os: win32 x64
@angular/common: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/compiler: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/core: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/forms: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/http: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/material: 2.0.0-beta.2
@angular/platform-browser: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/router: 4.0.0-rc.1
@angular/cli: 1.0.0-rc.0
@angular/compiler-cli: 4.0.0-rc.1

Repro steps.

Was this an app that wasn't created using the CLI? What change did you do on your code? etc.
The project was created via ng new -ng4 --routing --styles=scss hello

The log given by the failure.

Normally this include a stack trace and some more information.
webpack: Compiled successfully.
[16:06:50] I/update - chromedriver: file exists C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\chromedriver_2.27.zip
[16:06:50] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.27.zip
[16:06:50] I/update - chromedriver: chromedriver_2.27.exe up to date
[16:06:50] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[16:06:50] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[16:06:53] E/launcher - Error: TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript
Cannot find type definition file for 'jasmine'. (2688)
Cannot find type definition file for 'node'. (2688)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (3,1): Cannot find name 'describe'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (6,3): Cannot find name 'beforeEach'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (10,3): Cannot find name 'it'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (12,5): Cannot find name 'expect'. (2304)
at getOutput (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:312:17)
at C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:343:18
at Object.compile (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:476:19)
at Module.m._compile (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:406:44)
at Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .ts] (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:409:12)
at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
at Module.require (module.js:498:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\jasmine\lib\jasmine.js:87:5
at Array.forEach (native)
at Jasmine.loadSpecs (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\jasmine\lib\jasmine.js:86:18)
at Jasmine.execute (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\jasmine\lib\jasmine.js:181:8)
at C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\protractor\built\frameworks\jasmine.js:132:15
at Function.promise (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\q\q.js:682:9)
at C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\protractor\built\frameworks\jasmine.js:104:14
at _fulfilled (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\q\q.js:834:54)
at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\q\q.js:863:30)
at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\q\q.js:796:13)
at C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\q\q.js:556:49
at runSingle (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
at flush (C:\Users\achia\workspace\hello\node_modules\q\q.js:125:13)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
[16:06:53] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 100

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Setting types in e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json to typeRoot pointing to ../node_modules/@types seems resolve the problem.

Thanks! We'll be in touch soon.

I can confirm this! 😢

@adrianchia

As @adrianchia already pointed out, this e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json fixes the issue temporarily:

{
 "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
 "compilerOptions": {
   "outDir": "../dist/out-tsc-e2e",
   "module": "commonjs",
   "target": "es6",
   "types":[
     "jasmine",
     "node"
   ],
   "typeRoots": [
     "../node_modules/@types"
   ]
 }
}

this e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json fixes angular/angular-cli#5082 temporarily

I have the same problem after upgrading from 32.8 to rc.0

@angular/cli: 1.0.0-rc.0
node: 6.9.3
os: win32 x64
@angular/common: 2.4.8
@angular/compiler: 2.4.8
@angular/core: 2.4.8
@angular/forms: 2.4.8
@angular/http: 2.4.8
@angular/platform-browser: 2.4.8
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 2.4.8
@angular/router: 3.4.8
@angular/cli: 1.0.0-rc.0
@angular/compiler-cli: 2.4.8

e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (12,5): Cannot find name 'expect'. (2304)
at getOutput (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:312:17)
at D:\Git\sok\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:343:18
at Object.compile (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:476:19)
at Module.m._compile (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:406:44)
at Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .ts] (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\ts-node\src\index.ts:409:12)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at D:\Git\sok\node_modules\jasmine\lib\jasmine.js:87:5
at Array.forEach (native)
at Jasmine.loadSpecs (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\jasmine\lib\jasmine.js:86:18)
at Jasmine.execute (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\jasmine\lib\jasmine.js:181:8)
at D:\Git\sok\node_modules\protractor\built\frameworks\jasmine.js:132:15
at Function.promise (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\q\q.js:682:9)
at D:\Git\sok\node_modules\protractor\built\frameworks\jasmine.js:104:14
at _fulfilled (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\q\q.js:834:54)
at self.promiseDispatch.done (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\q\q.js:863:30)
at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\q\q.js:796:13)
at D:\Git\sok\node_modules\q\q.js:556:49
at runSingle (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
at flush (D:\Git\sok\node_modules\q\q.js:125:13)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
[10:33:23] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 100

@filipesilva

@filipesilva Do you know why typeRoots in the src/tsconfig.*.json been removed from rc.0? This will lead to old project unable to upgrade to new rc.0 or rc.1 version if they already included some @types .

Does the original typeRoots option can be default option in the further rc?

    "typeRoots": [
      "../node_modules/@types"
    ],

Also, there is an issue I found today.

#5034 (comment)

typeRoots was removed in favor of listing types individually because:

it is safer overall to list types used, since each app will use different @types/ package
typeRoots should default to the correct top-level folder

I tried the repo provided and could verify the errors:

ng new -ng4 --routing --styles=scss hello
cd hello
ng e2e

//...
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (2,23): Cannot find name 'exports'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (3,18): Cannot find name 'require'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (4,1): Cannot find name 'describe'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (6,5): Cannot find name 'beforeEach'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (9,5): Cannot find name 'it'. (2304)
e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts (11,9): Cannot find name 'expect'. (2304)
//...

This doesn't happen with either ng build or ng test (which also uses node/jasmine typings), so it makes me think it's related to ts-node which is only used in protractor TS compilation. Perhaps inherited path resolution has a bug there.

Setting typeRoots on the root tsconfig.json seems to fix it for now as well. I'll open a bug on ts-node.

I did a bunch of tests and it's not ts-node at all - it's typescript@~2.2. and also 2.3. So as far as I can tell it was an intended change where typeRoots is not inferred.

I'll put up a PR that adds it to the root tsconfig.json for --ng4 (and thus TS@^2.2) projects.

fix(@angular/cli): fix TS2.2 typeroots

I looked a bit more into it and it might be a ts-node bug after all... but only on windows. Tracking it in TypeStrong/ts-node#283

fix(@angular/cli): fix TS2.1 typeroots (#5251)

fix(@angular/cli): fix TS2.1 typeroots (angular#5251)

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