Ionic-cli: TypeError: cli_utils_1.generateIonicEnvironment is not a function

[janpio]

I just wanted to build an old project, that was last built a month ago:

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> ionic cordova run android
[WARN] No local CLI detected.
       Starting with CLI 3.6, the CLI must be installed locally to use local CLI plugins.

? Install now? Yes
> npm install --save-dev --save-exact ionic@latest
√ Running command - done!
[OK] Installed Ionic CLI locally!

Please re-run your command.

But now I get this:

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> ionic cordova run android
TypeError: cli_utils_1.generateIonicEnvironment is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\ionic\dist\index.js:84:40)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\tslib\tslib.js:96:75
    at Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.__awaiter (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\tslib\tslib.js:92:16)
    at Object.run (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\ionic\dist\index.js:78:20)
    at C:\nvm\v8.1.3\node_modules\ionic\bin\ionic:21:7
    at <anonymous>

For all ionic commands:

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> ionic info
TypeError: cli_utils_1.generateIonicEnvironment is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\ionic\dist\index.js:84:40)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\tslib\tslib.js:96:75
    at Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.__awaiter (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\tslib\tslib.js:92:16)
    at Object.run (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\ionic\dist\index.js:78:20)
    at C:\nvm\v8.1.3\node_modules\ionic\bin\ionic:21:7
    at <anonymous>

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> ionic -v
TypeError: cli_utils_1.generateIonicEnvironment is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\ionic\dist\index.js:84:40)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\tslib\tslib.js:96:75
    at Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.__awaiter (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\tslib\tslib.js:92:16)
    at Object.run (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules\ionic\dist\index.js:78:20)
    at C:\nvm\v8.1.3\node_modules\ionic\bin\ionic:21:7
    at <anonymous>

Possibly because it installed a local CLI 3.7 and the global one is still on 3.6?

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> cd ..
PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents> ionic -v
? The Ionic CLI has an update available (3.6.0 => 3.7.0)! Would you like to install it? No
[INFO] Not automatically updating your CLI. You can update manually:

       npm install -g ionic@latest

3.6.0
PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents>

Snippet of package.json of that project:

        "@ionic/app-scripts": "1.3.12",
        "@ionic/cli-plugin-cordova": "1.4.0",
        "@ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular": "1.3.1",

[janpio]

Updating the global install to 3.7 didn't fix the problem.

[janpio]

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> npm list --depth=0
[email protected] C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @angular/[email protected]
+-- @ionic-native/[email protected]
+-- @ionic-native/[email protected]
+-- @ionic-native/[email protected]
+-- @ionic-native/[email protected]
+-- @ionic/[email protected]
+-- @ionic/[email protected]
+-- @ionic/[email protected]
+-- @ionic/[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]

[janpio]

I fixed it for now by doing this:

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> npm install --save-dev @ionic/cli-utils
npm WARN @ionic/[email protected] requires a peer of strip-ansi@^3.0.1 but none was installed.
npm WARN @ionic/[email protected] requires a peer of strip-ansi@^3.0.1 but none was installed.

+ @ionic/[email protected]
added 25 packages, updated 2 packages and moved 1 package in 16.585s

PS C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts> ionic info
? Local plugin @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova has an update available (1.4.0 => 1.6.1)! Would you like to install it? Yes
> npm install --save-dev --save-exact @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova@latest
√ Running command - done!
[OK] Updated @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova to 1.6.1! 🎉
? Local plugin @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular has an update available (1.3.1 => 1.4.1)! Would you like to install it?
Yes
> npm install --save-dev --save-exact @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular@latest
√ Running command - done!
[OK] Updated @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular to 1.4.1! 🎉
> npm dedupe
√ Running command - done!

cli packages: (C:\Users\Jan\Documents\ionic-android-contacts\node_modules)

    @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova       : 1.6.1
    @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.4.1
    @ionic/cli-utils                : 1.7.0
    ionic (Ionic CLI)               : 3.7.0

global packages:

    Cordova CLI : 7.0.1

local packages:

    @ionic/app-scripts : 1.3.12
    Cordova Platforms  : android 6.2.3
    Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.5.0

System:

    Android SDK Tools : 26.0.2
    Node              : v8.1.3
    OS                : Windows 10
    npm               : 5.1.0

So my guess: old, locally installed cli-utils were not compatible with (local and global) CLI 3.7 and made ionic fail before the update checks.

[imhoffd]

Hey all, 3.8 no longer loads the CLI plugins, so this error won't happen anymore.