Ionic-cli: Error: Cannot find module 'xmlbuilder'

Created on 3 Mar 2016  ·  45Comments  ·  Source: ionic-team/ionic-cli

Hi, I'm using mac os yosemite and tried to install ionic.

First I've installed Node.js 4 and then

sudo npm install -g cordova ionic

Installation succeeded and I tried to create blank app:

ionic start myApp blank

However I got following error:

module.js:327
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'xmlbuilder'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/xml2js/lib/xml2js.js:12:13)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/xml2js/lib/xml2js.js:436:4)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)

picture piotrros

Most helpful comment

I had the same issue. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22603078/syntaxerror-use-of-const-in-strict-mode - this helped:

1) Clear NPM's cache:

sudo npm cache clean -f

2) Install a little helper called 'n'

sudo npm install -g n

3) Install latest stable NodeJS version

sudo n stable

picture xSteady on 28 Mar 2016
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All 45 comments

Ok, so after trying again, again and again:

sudo npm install -g xmlbuilder
sudo npm install -g archiver
sudo npm install -g wordwrap
sudo npm install -g winston
sudo npm install -g ios-sim
sudo npm install -g utile
sudo npm install -g read
sudo npm install -g revalidator
sudo npm install -g cycle
sudo npm install -g stack-trace
sudo npm install -g pkginfo
sudo npm install -g through
sudo npm install -g from
sudo npm install -g duplexer
sudo npm install -g map-stream
sudo npm install -g pause-stream
sudo npm install -g split
sudo npm install -g stream-combiner
sudo npm install -g tough-cookie
sudo npm install -g json-stringify-safe
sudo npm install -g qs
sudo npm install -g bl
sudo npm install -g hawk
sudo npm install -g aws-sign2
sudo npm install -g http-signature
sudo npm install -g mime-types
sudo npm install -g tunnel-agent
sudo npm install -g stringstream
sudo npm install -g forever-agent
sudo npm install -g combined-stream
sudo npm install -g mime-db
sudo npm install -g setimmediate
sudo npm install -g binary
sudo npm install -g pullstream
sudo npm install -g match-stream
sudo npm install -g inherits
sudo npm install -g mkdirp
sudo npm install -g rimraf
sudo npm install -g ionic-cordova-lib
sudo npm install -g htmlparser2
sudo npm install -g lodash
sudo npm install -g dom-serializer
sudo npm install -g css-select

finally errors are gone, but now it hangs on project creation:

ionic start myApp blank
Creating Ionic app in folder /Users/piotr/Documents/js/myApp based on blank project
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip
[=============================]  100%  0.0s

stuck on 100%, I've waited several minutes...

piotrros picture piotrros on 3 Mar 2016

Hey @piotrros sorry you're having issues, we've seen a few cases of these missing dependency errors and I'm not quite sure what causes them to not be installed correctly in the first place. Was that list all things you had to install manually because they were throwing errors, or did you just do that to be safe?

tlancina picture tlancina on 3 Mar 2016

I was installing them like:

try to: ionic start myApp blank
check what's missing, install it.

etc, etc.
Got me an hour to install all of them.
But it still doesn't work, it hangs on project creation... I've tried on my mate computer and it just installed without installing extra modules and project just created without a problem.

Is there some other way to create project?

piotrros picture piotrros on 4 Mar 2016

@piotrros it sounds like npm has some serious issues on your machine, you shouldn't have to manually install all of those dependencies.

Could you post the output of ionic info and npm -v please?

tlancina picture tlancina on 4 Mar 2016

i have the same problem when i try to install ionic on my ubuntu 14.04 machine, i'm using nodejs version 4.3.2
output of npm -v:
3.8.0
and output of ionic info:
`module.js:327
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'xmlbuilder'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/xml2js/lib/xml2js.js:12:13)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/xml2js/lib/xml2js.js:436:4)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12`

how can i fix this problem?

ngtrieuvi92 picture ngtrieuvi92 on 5 Mar 2016

@tlancina ionic info hangs
npm -v returns 2.14.12

piotrros picture piotrros on 7 Mar 2016

@piotrros does /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/xml2js/node_modules contain xmlbuilder?

tlancina picture tlancina on 7 Mar 2016

It only contains "sax".

piotrros picture piotrros on 8 Mar 2016

Running ionic install once again reveals a lot of dependency warnings:

sudo npm install -g cordova ionic

Password:
/usr/local/bin/ionic -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/bin/ionic
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this package has been reintegrated into npm and is now out of date with respect to npm
/usr/local/bin/cordova -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/cordova
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/cheerio requires css-select@'~1.0.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/css-select,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.2.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/cheerio requires htmlparser2@'~3.8.1' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/htmlparser2,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 3.9.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/cheerio requires lodash@'^3.2.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/lodash,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 4.6.1
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/event-stream requires split@'0.2' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/split,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.0.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/event-stream requires stream-combiner@'~0.0.3' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/stream-combiner,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.2.2
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/form-data requires combined-stream@'~0.0.4' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/combined-stream,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.0.5
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/ionic-app-lib requires archiver@'^0.5.1' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/archiver,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.21.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/ionic-app-lib requires winston@'^1.0.1' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/winston,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 2.2.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/optimist requires wordwrap@'~0.0.2' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/wordwrap,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.0.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/prompt requires revalidator@'0.1.x' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/revalidator,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.3.1
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/prompt requires utile@'0.2.x' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/utile,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.3.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires aws-sign2@'~0.5.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/aws-sign2,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.6.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires bl@'~0.9.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/bl,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.1.2
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires combined-stream@'~0.0.5' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/combined-stream,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.0.5
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires forever-agent@'~0.5.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever-agent,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.6.1
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires hawk@'1.1.1' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/hawk,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 4.1.2
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires http-signature@'~0.10.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/http-signature,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.1.1
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires mime-types@'~1.0.1' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mime-types,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 2.1.10
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request requires qs@'~2.3.1' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/qs,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 6.1.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/unzip requires pullstream@'~0.4.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pullstream,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.0.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request/node_modules/form-data requires combined-stream@'~0.0.4' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/combined-stream,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.0.5
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request/node_modules/form-data/node_modules/mime-types requires mime-db@'~1.12.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mime-db,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.22.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmconf requires mkdirp@'~0.3.3' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.5.1
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmconf requires osenv@'0.0.3' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/osenv,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 0.1.3
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmconf requires nopt@'2' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/nopt,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 3.0.6
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmconf requires semver@'2' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/semver,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 5.0.3
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmconf requires ini@'~1.1.0' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/ini,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.3.4
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data requires semver@'2' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/semver,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 5.0.3
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data requires github-url-from-git@'~1.1.1' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/github-url-from-git,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.4.0
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data requires github-url-from-username-repo@'0.0.2' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/github-url-from-username-repo,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 1.0.2
[email protected] /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic

[email protected] /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected] ([email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
└── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
piotrros picture piotrros on 8 Mar 2016

Hmm I think those warnings are fine, do you still get the xmlbuilder error? And if so, does running npm install from /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/xml2js/make it go away?

tlancina picture tlancina on 8 Mar 2016

Yeah:

sudo npm install
Password:
[email protected] node_modules/zap

[email protected] node_modules/diff

[email protected] node_modules/coffee-script

[email protected] node_modules/xmlbuilder
└── [email protected]

[email protected] node_modules/docco
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected] ([email protected])
└── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])

but still running command:

ionic start myApp blank
Creating Ionic app in folder /Users/piotr/Documents/js/myApp based on blank project
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip
[=============================]  100%  0.0s

hangs forever.

So - there's no error - just ionic is hanging...

piotrros picture piotrros on 8 Mar 2016

So to be clear, you got the xmlbuilder error still, and then running npm install from that directory made it go away? That is what I can't understand, why those dependencies are not being installed correctly. This sounds like an npm bug.

Could you run ionic start with the --verbose flag and paste the output please?

tlancina picture tlancina on 8 Mar 2016

No, I'm not getting any dependencies errors while running

npm install -g cordova ionic

or

npm install

or

nom install -g xmlbuilder

ionic is simply hanging at project creation.

As for ionic start --verbose output is rather strange:

ionic start --verbose
Utils.fail Invalid command start
Utils.fail stack undefined
Utils.errorHandler is set, calling that now
Cli.Utils.errorHandler msg Invalid command string



Invalid command (CLI v1.7.14)

Your system information:

Cordova CLI: 6.0.0
Ionic CLI Version: 1.7.14
Ionic App Lib Version: 0.7.0
ios-deploy version: 1.8.5 
ios-sim version: 5.0.6 
OS: Mac OS X El Capitan
Node Version: v4.3.2
Xcode version: Xcode 7.2 Build version 7C68

By the way I have Yosemite not El Capitan.

piotrros picture piotrros on 8 Mar 2016

Can you please paste the output of ionic start --verbose myapp

tlancina picture tlancina on 8 Mar 2016 
ionic start --verbose myapp
Utils.fail Invalid command start
Utils.fail stack undefined
Utils.errorHandler is set, calling that now
Cli.Utils.errorHandler msg Invalid command string



Invalid command (CLI v1.7.14)

Your system information:

Cordova CLI: 6.0.0
Ionic CLI Version: 1.7.14
Ionic App Lib Version: 0.7.0
ios-deploy version: 1.8.5 
ios-sim version: 5.0.6 
OS: Mac OS X El Capitan
Node Version: v4.3.2
Xcode version: Xcode 7.2 Build version 7C68
piotrros picture piotrros on 9 Mar 2016

So sorry! The argument parsing is weird (this looks like a bug), can you do ionic start myapp --verbose?

tlancina picture tlancina on 9 Mar 2016 
ionic start myapp --verbose
Utils.preprocessCliOptions _=[start, myapp], no-cordova=false, w=false, sass=false, s=false, list=false, l=false, verbose=true, $0=ionic
Creating Ionic app in folder /Users/piotr/Documents/js/myapp based on tabs project
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip
[=============================]  100%  0.0s
<-- hangs there
piotrros picture piotrros on 9 Mar 2016

I'm stuck :( What can I do else then reinstalling whole mac os x?

piotrros picture piotrros on 10 Mar 2016

@piotrros it looks like it's hanging on unzipping the downloaded file, I wonder if there is some error being swallowed. I would suspect that it is again an uninstalled dependency.

Does doing npm cache clean or reinstalling npm do anything? I think the root cause of the problem here is that for some reason npm doesn't install all the dependencies it should.

If those still don't help could you try attaching the output of sudo npm install ionic -g --verbose? I'll take a look to see if I can tell if anything abnormal is going on during the install.

tlancina picture tlancina on 10 Mar 2016

After npm cache clean I'm getting following output (sudo npm install ionic -g --verbose):

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "ionic" "-g" "--verbose"
npm ERR! node v4.3.2
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.12
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node scripts/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node scripts/install.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node-sass package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node scripts/install.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls node-sass
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm verb exit [ 1, true ]
npm verb unbuild lib/node_modules/ionic
npm info preuninstall [email protected]
npm info uninstall [email protected]
npm verb unbuild rmStuff [email protected] from /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm verb gentlyRm vacuuming from /usr/local/bin/ionic up to /usr/local
npm info postuninstall [email protected]
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/piotr/Documents/js/npm-debug.log
piotrros picture piotrros on 10 Mar 2016

And installing node-sass alone works:

sudo npm install node-sass
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this package has been reintegrated into npm and is now out of date with respect to npm
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: lodash@<3.0.0 is no longer maintained. Upgrade to lodash@^4.0.0.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: graceful-fs version 3 and before will fail on newer node releases. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible.

> [email protected] postinstall /Users/piotr/Documents/js/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/cross-spawn/node_modules/spawn-sync
> node postinstall

-
> [email protected] install /Users/piotr/Documents/js/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/install.js

Binary downloaded and installed at /Users/piotr/Documents/js/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/darwin-x64-46/binding.node

> [email protected] postinstall /Users/piotr/Documents/js/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/build.js

` /Users/piotr/Documents/js/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/darwin-x64-46/binding.node ` exists. 
 testing binary.
Binary is fine; exiting.
[email protected] node_modules/node-sass
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected] ([email protected])
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
└── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])

But then running sudo npm install ionic -g --verbose gives the same error again and again.

piotrros picture piotrros on 10 Mar 2016

What are the contents of /Users/piotr/Documents/js/npm-debug.log from the failed install?

tlancina picture tlancina on 10 Mar 2016

ionic start myApp blank
Creating Ionic app in folder /Users/piotr/Documents/js/myApp based on blank project
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip
[=============================] 100% 0.0s
stuck on 100%, I've waited several minutes...
Please help me

abdulmujeebma786 picture abdulmujeebma786 on 11 Mar 2016

@tlancina No such file or directory... Which tool is used to unpack zip file? Maybe I'll test if it's working.

piotrros picture piotrros on 11 Mar 2016

So, I've removed completely npm and it's modules and installed node from dmg (v4). And again I'm getting an error with node-sass, but when trying to install node-sass alone I'm getting:

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "node-sass" "-g" "--verbose"
npm ERR! node v4.4.0
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.20
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: `node postinstall`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script 'node postinstall'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the spawn-sync package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node postinstall
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs spawn-sync
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! 
npm ERR!     npm owner ls spawn-sync
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

And here's log:

http://speedy.sh/AtMj7/npm-debug.log

This is mission impossible...

piotrros picture piotrros on 11 Mar 2016

I had the same issue on ubuntu.

I solved it by:

  • removing nodejs,
  • deleting the /usr/lib/node_modules (/usr/local/lib/node_modules) folder
  • reinstalling nodejs,
  • clearing the npm cache (npm cache clean)
  • reinstalling ionic

I hope that helps

sparber picture sparber on 12 Mar 2016

Hi. @piotrros
You can try this. Fixed my issue for that.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35260593/ionic-installation-after-ionic2-installation/35952270#35952270

xrexonx picture xrexonx on 12 Mar 2016

Thanks for help!!

First of I followed @sparber instructions (removed nodejs using this script: https://gist.github.com/TonyMtz/d75101d9bdf764c890ef)

Then I installed ionic using this command:

sudo npm install -g ionic@beta cordova --unsafe-perm

Without unsafe-perm I was getting access denied errors (even with sudo).

And it worked!

piotrros picture piotrros on 14 Mar 2016
👍2

it doesn't work for me too, first time I installed ionic on Ubuntu 14.04 still, get the xmlbuilder problem, please fix this, I'm trying to convince about using ionic for a new project and I'm in a bad situation now :-1:

sn0opr picture sn0opr on 17 Mar 2016

I had the same issue on ubuntu.

I solved it by:

removing nodejs,
deleting the /usr/lib/node_modules (/usr/local/lib/node_modules) folder
reinstalling nodejs,
clearing the npm cache (npm cache clean)
reinstalling ionic

I hope that helps

abdulmujeebma786 picture abdulmujeebma786 on 18 Mar 2016
👍1

I resolved it by just doing it in docker :-p

MsEmma picture MsEmma on 19 Mar 2016
👍1

like @abdulmujeebma786 said, deleting nodejs completely and deleting the node_modules folder solves the problem, use synaptic ubuntu package manager ui to delete nodejs

sn0opr picture sn0opr on 19 Mar 2016

@sn0opr, I solved it on my ubuntu 14.04 by change nodejs version to v4.3.1
I hope that help

ngtrieuvi92 picture ngtrieuvi92 on 20 Mar 2016
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idem for Windows.
No problem after this 2 commands :
npm cache clean
npm update -g

bigloupe picture bigloupe on 21 Mar 2016

solved it for me:
npm cache clean
npm install -g ionic cordova

mastah43 picture mastah43 on 21 Mar 2016
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@mastah43 You save my life. thanks a lot!

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abdulmujeebma786 picture abdulmujeebma786 on 28 Mar 2016

I had the same issue. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22603078/syntaxerror-use-of-const-in-strict-mode - this helped:

1) Clear NPM's cache:

sudo npm cache clean -f

2) Install a little helper called 'n'

sudo npm install -g n

3) Install latest stable NodeJS version

sudo n stable

xSteady picture xSteady on 28 Mar 2016
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Also having this issue on redhat, which is a fresh install. None of these commands are working currently to fix it.

ashleypeacock picture ashleypeacock on 8 Apr 2016

On Ubuntu 14.04 these steps helped.

xSteady picture xSteady on 8 Apr 2016
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This is worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

1) npm cache clean (probably not necessary, but...)
2) npm i -g n
3) n stable

After that, node switched to version 6.0.0, and problem solved. Hope this help for you as well.

syntaxbliss picture syntaxbliss on 7 May 2016

Hello, a tried every single solution, this is what worked for me

inside

1) /user/local/lib/node_module //or where your node_module directory is, you has to locate ionic module

2) cd ionic

from there install the dependency locally,
3) sudo npm install -d xmlbuilder

I guarantee it will work like a charm.

diegomichell picture diegomichell on 8 May 2016
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Hi guys I have some problem....

module.js:442
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'file-utils'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object. (C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roamingnpm\node_modules\ionic
\node_modules\ionic-app-lib\node_modules\archiver\lib\utilindex.js:17:13)
at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)

vigneshmuthukrishnan picture vigneshmuthukrishnan on 18 Aug 2016

@vigneshmuthukrishnan try to remove the the node_modules folder and reinstall again

sn0opr picture sn0opr on 22 Aug 2016
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@sn0opr Thanku for information i will try..........

vigneshmuthukrishnan picture vigneshmuthukrishnan on 26 Aug 2016
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