Ionic-cli: [ERROR] Could not determine project type. Ionic 3 CLI

[rflorat07]

sudo npm install -g cordova ionic
ionic start helloWorld blank

[ERROR] Could not determine project type.

    For Ionic Angular projects, make sure 'ionic-angular' exists in the dependencies attribute of package.json.
    For Ionic 1 projects, make sure 'ionic' exists in the devDependencies attribute of bower.json.

    Alternatively, set type attribute in ionic.config.json to one of: 'ionic-angular', 'ionic1'

[janpio]

What does ionic info give you? (Inside and outside project directory please)

[rflorat07]

Inside:
rflorat$ cd 2.Sonido/
rflorat$ ionic info

global packages:

@ionic/cli-utils : 1.1.2
Ionic CLI        : 3.1.2

local packages:

@ionic/app-scripts              : 1.3.7
@ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.1.2
Ionic Framework                 : ionic-angular 3.2.1

System:

Node       : v6.10.0
OS         : macOS Sierra
Xcode      : Xcode 8.3.2 Build version 8E2002 
ios-deploy : 1.9.1 
ios-sim    : 5.0.13

[rflorat07]

outside:
rflorat$ cd ..
rflorat$ ionic info
[ERROR] Could not determine project type.

    For Ionic Angular projects, make sure 'ionic-angular' exists in the dependencies attribute of package.json.
    For Ionic 1 projects, make sure 'ionic' exists in the devDependencies attribute of bower.json.

    Alternatively, set type attribute in ionic.config.json to one of: 'ionic-angular', 'ionic1'

[rflorat07]

rflorat$ nvm ls
v0.10.32
v4.4.2
-> v6.10.0
system
default -> 6.10.0 (-> v6.10.0)
node -> stable (-> v6.10.0) (default)
stable -> 6.10 (-> v6.10.0) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
lts/* -> lts/boron (-> N/A)
lts/argon -> v4.8.2 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.10.2 (-> N/A)

[imhoffd]

Do you have a stray ionic.config.json file outside your project directory?

[rflorat07]

I have this setting:

nvm ls
v0.10.32
v6.10.0
-> v7.10.0
system
default -> 7.10.0 (-> v7.10.0)

ionic info
[ERROR] Error occurred while loading plugins. CLI functionality may be limited.
Checking for CLI updates now...
[WARN] The Ionic CLI has an update available! Please upgrade (you might need sudo):

       npm install -g ionic@latest

global packages:

@ionic/cli-utils : 1.0.0
Ionic CLI        : 3.0.0

System:

Node       : v7.10.0
OS         : macOS Sierra
Xcode      : Xcode 8.3.2 Build version 8E2002 
ios-deploy : 1.9.1 
ios-sim    : 5.0.13

After upgrade: sudo npm install -g ionic@latest

ionic info

[ERROR] Could not determine project type.

    For Ionic Angular projects, make sure 'ionic-angular' exists in the dependencies attribute of package.json.
    For Ionic 1 projects, make sure 'ionic' exists in the devDependencies attribute of bower.json.

    Alternatively, set type attribute in ionic.config.json to one of: 'ionic-angular', 'ionic1'

[janpio]

No, he is asking if you have a ionic.config.json file in the folder where you are executing ionic info. This shouldn't be there if it's not an actual Ionic project directory.

[rflorat07]

OK, piotrowski, thanks very much.

[erassynathingo]

insert this line in your ionic.config.json file
<"type": "ionic-angular"> or <"type": "ionic1"> (without the tags)

worked for me

[chenHungTzu]

thanks @erassynathingo you resolve my problem!! thanks you !

[Eliseuplugin]

thank you brother, it helped me a lot
it's working perfectly