Ionic-cli: Caught exception: Error: Cannot find module 'tough-cookie'

[dilipwk]

C:\Users\Dilip>ionic start cutePuppyPics --v2
Caught exception:
Error: Cannot find module 'tough-cookie'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:336:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:278:25)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
at Object. (C:\Users\Dilip\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic
\node_modules\request\lib\cookies.js:3:13)
at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)

[ubaidazad]

ionic serve

Caught exception:
Error: Cannot find module 'tough-cookie'
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. (C:\Users\ubaid\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\request\lib\cookies.js:3:13)
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)
at Module.require (module.js:353:17)

[eltonmkw]

[gdessard]

Same probleme with [email protected]
I try
npm install tough-cookie -g
It's resolve this error but after it's an other module:
Error: Cannot find module 'json-stringify-safe'

I stop here, after an another module etc...

Solution, come back to beta.32
npm uninstall ionic -g
unbuild [email protected]

npm install [email protected] -g

[eltonmkw]

For every error of missing module
(Eg: Error: Cannot find module 'json-stringify-safe' )

Try npm install json-stringify-safe -g
Note that the command correspond to the missing module name.

After done all missing module, try the following command:
ionic start myApp
cd myApp

Please react Like +1 if this works for you.
CC: @gdessard

[j0nny]

same error ("cannot find module 'though-cookie') on my OS X 10.11.6
Install worked without errors (sudo nam install -g ionic@beta), but executing ionic (independent of parameters) throws the error.
Followed gdessard's advice and gone back to version 32, which works as usual.
Noticed that the installation takes a lot longer (installing all necessary packages..)

[jthoms1]

Could you provide me with the output from ionic info from within your project directory? Thanks, this should help in troubleshooting.

[eltonmkw]

@jthoms1 Here you go :smile:

[ryanjsalva]

Same problem here.

Caught exception: Error: Cannot find module 'tough-cookie' 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.<anonymous> (/Users/ryanjsalva/.nvm/versions/node/v4.4.4/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/request/lib/cookies.js:3:13) 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) at Module.require (module.js:353:17)

[purushottamjha]

Same problem, I had to npm install tons of modules one after the other.

[jthoms1]

Found the issue. There is a problem with npm where you need to always publish packages with _bundledDependencies_ from npm2 with the node_modules structure of npm2 (nested). When I released [email protected] I was using npm3 with the flat structure. So release beta.33 would only work with npm3 installs, which is what I used for testing.

I am sorry for the pain this might have caused. It is resolved in beta.35. I have tested and we should be ok now. Please let me know if you are still having issues. Thank you!

Fix: npm install -g [email protected]

[gdessard]

It' OK for me