Ionic-framework: Invalid name: "@ionic/app-generators"

[laurenkyla]

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Short description of the problem:

I tried to update ionic because of an IOS 10 issue and I'm getting the following error:

Darwin 15.6.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "ionic"
npm ERR! node v6.6.0
npm ERR! npm v3.10.3

npm ERR! Invalid name: "@ionic/app-generators"

And Ionic won't install.

What behavior are you expecting?

Steps to reproduce:

1. sudo npm install -g ionic

insert any relevant code between the above and below backticks

Other information: (e.g. stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, stackoverflow links, forum links, etc)

Which Ionic Version? 1.x or 2.x

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For Ionic 1 issues - http://plnkr.co/edit/Xo1QyAUx35ny1Xf9ODHx?p=preview

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Run ionic info from terminal/cmd prompt: (paste output below)

[mhartington]

Not able to replicate this.

The package in question does exist

https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ionic/app-generators

Can you try again?

[laurenkyla]

Strange I tried again and still seeing the same eror. Never had any problems before installing or updating ionic. Anything else I could try?

[menzow]

I'm having the same problem.

$ npm -v
2.14.12
$ sudo npm install -g ionic
npm ERR! unpack Could not read data for @ionic/[email protected]
npm ERR! Darwin 15.6.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "ionic"
npm ERR! node v4.2.4
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.12

npm ERR! Invalid name: "@ionic/app-generators"
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

[mhartington]

@laurenkyla could you do npm uninstall -g ionic then try to install again.

@menzow same for you. But you need to update your npm and node version. You need npm3

[laurenkyla]

Thanks but uninstall doesn't do anything as it seems to have gotten far enough in the install to remove the version I had so I now have no ionic installed and I can't install it:

$ ionic
-bash: /usr/local/bin/ionic: No such file or directory

[laurenkyla]

I managed to solve the issue by doing the following:

https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

Thanks

[jjoe64]

seems to be a bug of specific npm version.
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/14104

after installation of latest npm it worked for me:
sudo npm install -g npm@latest

[mweimerskirch]

Had the same issue. Changing permissions didn't help. Updating npm as suggested by jjoe64 worked.

[frayeralex]

sudo npm install -g npm@latest help me!

[4HisGlory]

sudo npm install -g npm@latest was the solution for me. Thanks @appsthatmatter

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