Angular AOT Compiler - TypeError: this.compiler.analyzeModulesAsync is not a function

I'm trying to follow the ahead of time (AOT) compiler instructions here:

https://angular.io/guide/aot-compiler

The project I'm working on has been developed using the quickstart seed, as described here:

https://angular.io/guide/setup

The project has been working fine without using the AOT compiler, but when I try to follow the instructions to get the AOT compiler working, I get the following error (this is on Windows 8):

C:\Users\zzzzz\Desktop\quickstart>"node_modules/.bin/ngc" -p ./src
TypeError: this.compiler.analyzeModulesAsync is not a function
    at CodeGenerator.codegen (C:\Users\zzzzz\Desktop\quickstart\node_modules\@angular\compiler-cli\src\codegen.js:32:14)
    at codegen (C:\Users\zzzzz\Desktop\quickstart\node_modules\@angular\compiler-cli\src\main.js:13:81)
    at Object.main (C:\Users\zzzzz\Desktop\quickstart\node_modules\@angular\tsc-wrapped\src\main.js:98:16)
    at main (C:\Users\zzzzz\Desktop\quickstart\node_modules\@angular\compiler-cli\src\main.js:19:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\zzzzz\Desktop\quickstart\node_modules\@angular\compiler-cli\src\main.js:35:5)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
Compilation failed

My package.json file looks like this:

{
  "name": "angular-quickstart",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "QuickStart package.json from the documentation, supplemented with testing support",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc -p src/",
    "build:watch": "tsc -p src/ -w",
    "build:e2e": "tsc -p e2e/",
    "serve": "lite-server -c=bs-config.json",
    "serve:e2e": "lite-server -c=bs-config.e2e.json",
    "prestart": "npm run build",
    "start": "concurrently \"npm run build:watch\" \"npm run serve\"",
    "pree2e": "npm run build:e2e",
    "e2e": "concurrently \"npm run serve:e2e\" \"npm run protractor\" --kill-others --success first",
    "preprotractor": "webdriver-manager update",
    "protractor": "protractor protractor.config.js",
    "pretest": "npm run build",
    "test": "concurrently \"npm run build:watch\" \"karma start karma.conf.js\"",
    "pretest:once": "npm run build",
    "test:once": "karma start karma.conf.js --single-run",
    "lint": "tslint ./src/**/*.ts -t verbose"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "~4.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "~4.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/core": "~4.0.0",
    "@angular/forms": "~4.0.0",
    "@angular/http": "~4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~4.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-server": "^4.2.2",
    "@angular/router": "~4.0.0",
    "@ngrx/core": "~1.2.0",
    "@ngrx/store": "~2.2.2",
    "angular-in-memory-web-api": "~0.3.0",
    "core-js": "^2.4.1",
    "rxjs": "5.0.1",
    "systemjs": "0.19.40",
    "zone.js": "^0.8.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/jasmine": "2.5.36",
    "@types/node": "^6.0.46",
    "canonical-path": "0.0.2",
    "concurrently": "^3.2.0",
    "jasmine-core": "~2.4.1",
    "karma": "^1.3.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.0.0",
    "karma-cli": "^1.0.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "^1.0.2",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
    "lite-server": "^2.2.2",
    "lodash": "^4.16.4",
    "protractor": "~4.0.14",
    "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
    "tslint": "^3.15.1",
    "typescript": "~2.1.0"
  },
  "repository": {}
}

When I check what version of @angular/compiler I have installed, I get 4.2.2, which appears to be the most current version:

C:\Users\zzzzz\Desktop\quickstart>npm view @angular/compiler version
4.2.2

Viewing source on Github, I see that there is a function called analyzeModulesAsync in angular/packages/compiler/src/aot/compiler.ts:

https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/packages/compiler/src/aot/compiler.ts

However, when I do a grep on my node_modules folder for analyzeModulesAsync, I only see calls to that function. I don't see a definition for it. In fact, the class definition in the compiler.d.ts appears to have several differences from the compiler.ts file on Github.

I've tried "reinstalling" by deleting the entire node_modules folder and re-running npm install, and the error message is the same.

I do see a somewhat similar question here: Angular AOT failing at compilation (something with angular/compiler-cli), but I don't know enough about npm versioning to know what could be out of whack, or how to fix it.

Any ideas on whether I botched some instructions somewhere, or there is something deeper at work?

SOLUTION

The problem was with the mismatched versions of @angular/compiler-cli and @angular/platform-server in package.json. Once I changed those to "~4.0.0" to match the rest of the angular modules, deleted the node_modules folder and re-ran npm install, the compiler worked.

My working theory is that, because I cloned the quickstart two weeks ago, and ran this command: npm install @angular/compiler-cli @angular/platform-server --save from the tutorial yesterday, that's what lead to the version mismatch.