error TS2792: Cannot find module 'mkdirp'

[jimrand1]

Unable to use mkdirp. Typescript compiler throws error.

src/04/01-web-spider/spider.ts:3:22 - error TS2792: Cannot find module 'mkdirp'. Did you mean to set the 'moduleResolution' option to 'nodenext', or to add aliases to the 'paths' option?

3 import {mkdirp} from 'mkdirp'
~~~~~~~~

did a npm install mkdirp. also tried npm install -g mkdirp

tsconfig.json

/* Language and Environment */
"target": "es2016",         

/* Modules */
"module": "ES2020",        

[isaacs]

module and moduleResolution must be nodenext or node16, or else TSC doesn't know to load modules like node.