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error TS1005: ';' expected on tsc

See original GitHub issue

I’me getting the following error when trying to run npm run build:

node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/function-builder.d.ts(60,95): error TS1005: ';' expected.
node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/function-builder.d.ts(60,96): error TS1003: Identifier expected.
node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/function-builder.d.ts(60,116): error TS1005: ';' expected.
node_modules/gaxios/build/src/index.d.ts(14,66): error TS1005: '>' expected.
node_modules/gaxios/build/src/index.d.ts(14,103): error TS1109: Expression expected.

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[REQUIRED] Version info

node: v8.12.0

firebase-functions: 2.2.0 (same error with 2.1.0)

firebase-tools: 6.3.1

firebase-admin: 7.0.0

[REQUIRED] Steps to reproduce

Create an empty firebase TypeScript project and try to compile.

Here’s my package.json:

{
  "name": "functions",
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "tslint --project tsconfig.json",
    "build": "tsc",
    "serve": "npm run build && firebase serve --only functions",
    "shell": "npm run build && firebase functions:shell",
    "start": "npm run shell",
    "deploy": "firebase deploy --only functions",
    "logs": "firebase functions:log"
  },
  "main": "lib/index.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "firebase-admin": "^7.0.0",
    "firebase-functions": "^2.2.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "tslint": "~5.8.0",
    "typescript": "~2.8.3"
  },
  "private": true
}