ERROR An error occurred while running npm i (exit

Question

I started working on ionic, i am totally new to this, and following This tutorials , i know this type of question already asked but not have proper solution to it, please provide solution to it, step i followed as,

1.Node installed - node-v8.9.0-x86
2. ran command npm install -g cordova ionic

npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.8: Use uuid module instead
C:\Users\Android1\AppData\Roaming\npm\cordova -> 
C:\Users\Android1\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\bin\cordova
C:\Users\Android1\AppData\Roaming\npm\ionic -> 
C:\Users\Android1\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\bin\ionic
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.1.2 
(node_modules\ionic\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for 
fsevents@1.1.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: 
{"os":"win32","arch":"ia32"})

+ cordova@7.1.0
+ ionic@3.16.0
added 115 packages and updated 2 packages in 69.815s

3. Then ran command ionic start myApp tabs , got following Error

Thank you,

Answer 1

Try running 'npm i' command in the project directory in sudo mode or administrator mode. This worked for me.

Answer 2

Please follow the simple procedure to solve this issue:

• Delete

(1)npm and

(2)npm-cache

folders manually. [You can find it in => %AppData%/npm-cache on Windows.]

• Uninstall the Node.Js application in Programs and Features in Windows-OS.

• Restart the System.

• Once again re-install Node.Js in your system, perfectly.

• open terminal anywhere (preferably from Desktop) and run

node --version

and check it is latest version.

• Run

npm --version

and check it is latest version.

• Run

git--version

and check it is latest version.

• Run

npm install -g ionic

• Finally Run,

ionic start myApp tabs

Here ==>>wait for more time (8-10 mins)<<== until all the ionic files to be downloaded, install and create a new ionic app in the given name.

• Finally, a new ionic project will be created.

• Go to the project folder of that particular ionic project and Run

ionic serve

The project will run in Browser.

All the best, Devs ..!!!

Answer 3

I also face the same problem.

Solution is worked for me in Ubuntu 16.04:

sudo -s

First Get Access of Super User from Above Command

sudo ionic start myApp tabs

After Get into SUDO Mode, then run ionic command with sudo, like above

Thanks

Answer 4

After spending more than day i came across many solutions, which are as follow

1. Some developers solve this problem by, i downgraded node from v8 to v7.6.0 and all seems to work fine with ionic CLI. From Here but this solution not work for me.

2. Run Command Line as Administrative, this solution is beneficial

3. The Correct and well solution work for me, is to install install all node-gyp dependencies by following command

    $ npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
   

   and then install the package

    $ npm install --global node-gyp
   

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