Ionic Installation via npm

Question

I am facing an error while installing cordova and ionic each and everytime. As I start my installation using npm install -g cordova ionic. The installation cursor keeps on rotating like for many minutes and then I have to explicitly terminate the installation. Please help me with this issue.

Answer 1

Using cache help me to face this issue with following command :

npm install -g cordova ionic --cache "c:\path\to\use\as\dependencies\cache"

Answer 2

What the command:

npm install -g cordova 

ionic does is tries to install the cordova and ionic in a sequential order and -g manages the environment variables as well.

So, i recommend you to first install cordova then ionic.

npm install -g cordova,
npm install -g ionic,

Furthermore, i prefer using gitbash CLI rather than the cli provided by default.

It handles the issues of bower installation which may appear afterwards.And if you want a complete guide from installing to building an android project you can try the steps of the blog from here.

Good Luck.

Answer 3

try npm install -g cordova first followed by npm install -g ionic also you may need to install other missing components if any, CLI will intimate you very nicely.

Answer 4

you can try

npm --loglevel info install -g cordova ionic

and it should tell you more about what is happening / where the installation process stalls.