npm install in xfe-repo completes with errors

[rclauberg]

After downloading the XFE files (node.js and npm are installed) and starting "npm install" from the repo I see the following :
/u/cla/xfe/xfe-node-master
-bash-4.1$ npm install

[email protected] prepublish /afs/zurich.ibm.com/u/cla/xfe/xfe-node-master
typings install && gulp build

`-- (No dependencies)

[08:15:42] Using gulpfile /afs/zurich.ibm.com/u/cla/xfe/xfe-node-master/gulpfile.js
[08:15:42] Starting 'compile:typescript'...
app/app.ts(33,1): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'module'.
app/collections.ts(4,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'request'.
app/collections.ts(5,23): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'node-uuid'.
app/collections.ts(6,20): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'lodash'.
app/collections.ts(7,21): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'fs'.
app/files.ts(2,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'request'.
app/files.ts(3,21): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'fs'.
app/iap.ts(2,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'request'.
app/ipr.ts(2,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'request'.
app/url.ts(2,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'request'.
[08:15:44] TypeScript: 10 semantic errors
[08:15:44] TypeScript: emit succeeded (with errors)
[08:15:44] Finished 'compile:typescript' after 2.42 s
[08:15:44] Starting 'build'...
[08:15:44] Finished 'build' after 11 μs
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
-bash-4.1$

Did I forget something in the installation procedure ?

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