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+# Installing Typescript on IBM i

+

+Installing [TypeScript](http://www.typescriptlang.org/) on IBM i is about as easy as it gets.  Who knew we'd be running a [Microsoft language](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript) on IBM i.

+

+First, make sure you have Node.js installed on your IBM i to give you access to the `npm` command.  Then run the following command from a shell session (preferably an SSH session from a client like putty).

+

+```

+$ npm install -g typescript@next                   

+/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OPS/Node6/bin/tsserver -> /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OPS/Node6/lib/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsserver /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OPS/Node6/bin/tsc -> /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OPS/Node6/lib/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc

+/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OPS/Node6/lib                                           

+`-- typescript@2.7.0-dev.20171115                                               

+```

+Now check to see if it exists.

+```

+$ which tsc                                        

+tsc not found                                                                   

+```

+Couldn't find it.  Try adding a symbolic link so it's in the current search path.

+```

+$ ln -s /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OPS/Node6/bin/tsc /QOpenSys/usr/bin/tsc

+```

+Now try the command again, this time displaying the version.

+```

+$ tsc --version

+Version 2.7.0-dev.20171115

+```

+