Cannot find module 'meteor/meteor' when importing 'meteor-type' npm package

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1

I one meteor app I am trying to import a (local) npm package that was generated by another meteor app. This fails with the message
Error: Cannot find module 'meteor/meteor'

This is the source code for my package:

import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor'
export const isServer = () => Meteor.isServer

which transpiles into this package code:

'use strict';

Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
  value: true
});
exports.isServer = undefined;

var _meteor = require('meteor/meteor');

var isServer = exports.isServer = function isServer() {
  return _meteor.Meteor.isServer;
};

The error is caused by the statement
var _meteor = require('meteor/meteor');

If I remove this line then everything is ok.
So, what is the correct way to create meteor packages that can be imported in other meteor apps?
I have lots of meteor code that I want to share between projects. I thought that creating npm modules should be a nice way of sharing them, but it seems that this import error will prevent me from doing so.
Or is there a way to make the meteor build tool ignore the offending import statement?

2

You cannot use Meteor inside npm packages yet. When Meteor transitions fully to npm then yes.
You should use Meteor’s own package system.

https://guide.meteor.com/writing-atmosphere-packages.html

3

Would it also be possible to just strip out all the ‘import { xxx } from 'meteor/*’ statements before generating the package source?
After all, the package is only to be used inside a meteor application where all Meteor globals are defined anyway. Would this work or am I just being a bit naive?