Ionic-cli: Error running Ionic Start

[unboxedsolutions]

ionic start Ionic2Test2 -ts -v2

Creating Ionic app in folder C:\winning\Ionic2Test2 based on project
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic2-app-base/archive/master.zip
[=============================] 100% 0.0s
Error with start TypeError: options.template.indexOf is not a function
at Object.Start.fetchSeed (C:Users\bob\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v6.3.1\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\ionic-app-lib\lib\start.js:245:25)

[doylestowncoder]

I am also having an issue running Ionic start. I am running on Windows 10. Any ideas what could be wrong?

C:\Dev\ionicProjects>ionic info

Your system information:

Cordova CLI: 6.3.1
Gulp version: CLI version 3.9.0
Gulp local:
Ionic CLI Version: 2.1.0
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.1.0-beta.1
OS:
Node Version: v6.7.0

C:\Dev\ionicProjects>ionic start --v2 myApp
Creating Ionic app in folder C:\Dev\ionicProjects\myApp based on tabs project
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic2-app-base/archive/master.zip
[=============================] 100% 0.0s
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic2-starter-tabs/archive/master.zip
[=============================] 100% 0.0s
Installing npm packages...
Error with start undefined
Error Initializing app: There was an error with the spawned command: npminstall
There was an error with the spawned command: npminstall
Caught exception:
undefined

Mind letting us know? https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-cli/issues

C:\Dev\ionicProjects>

[doylestowncoder]

After several hours of trying many things, I finally got this to work. I had to install git. Once I did this, then I could run ionic start --v2 without issues.

See https://git-for-windows.github.io/

BUT remember, I am running on Windows 10. Not sure about a Mac.

I posted my solution here: https://doylestowncoder.com/2016/10/04/ionic-2-issues-on-windows-10/

[zgji957]

@doylestowncoder Thank you,I made it

[jgw96]

@unboxedsolutions does installing git fix the issues for you?

[jthoms1]

We recently released a new version of the CLI that should allow us to gather more insight into NPM issues. Could you please update your CLI to at least 2.1.4?

npm install -g ionic@latest

Thank you!