npm run dev fails

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I start with a clean project. I run npm install and then npm run dev and get the following error:

failed to load config from /mnt/c/Users/cpq/Documents/che/vite.config.ts
error when starting dev server:
TypeError: svelte is not a function
at /mnt/c/Users/cpq/Documents/che/vite.config.ts:21:15
at loadConfigFromFile (/mnt/c/Users/cpq/Documents/che/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-971d9e33.js:71324:15)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
at async resolveConfig (/mnt/c/Users/cpq/Documents/che/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-971d9e33.js:70850:28)
at async createServer (/mnt/c/Users/cpq/Documents/che/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-971d9e33.js:56409:20)
at async CAC. (/mnt/c/Users/cpq/Documents/che/node_modules/vite/dist/node/cli.js:688:24)