Ionic framework - 'ionic' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I was trying to install ionic and create a sample project on it since morning. But, was facing a series of issues since then. Tried solving them one by one. Atlast restarted my machine and opened command prompt to build the sample project and tried

path of the sample project> ionic build android

But, i kept on facing the error that states 'ionic' is not recognized as an internal or external command.

I tried clearing the cache and reinstalling ionic in my machine. Still, I face the same issue of ionic is not recognized as an internal or external command.

Can somebody help me out on this issue?

Thanks Manikandan J

Answer 1

Somehow , my npm path was not there in PATH environmental Variable

So after adding C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\npm to my PATH variable my problem solved :-)

Answer 2

Try to install the ionic framework with the -g parameter, so the installation will be globall, like this:

npm install -g ionic

-g parameter mean "its binaries end up in your PATH environment variable."

Answer 3

If you're on Windows 10 (and possibly Vista/8/8.1) you need to run cmd.exe as an administrator. Now when you run the commands below, your environment settings will be made.

npm install -g cordova ionic

Answer 4

Check if the configuration is broken or not. the update might have installed it in the wrong place.

First check: npm config get prefix

In my case It wasn't set to /usr/local but in /usr/Roaming.

So to fix it, use: npm config set prefix

Problem solved! :)

Answer 5

I ran this command to uninstall:

npm uninstall -g ionic cordova

and then ran the install:

npm install -g ionic cordova

and then everything started working again.

Answer 6

Below simple steps to follow to get it working:

1. install Node.js
2. Install Ionic and cordova : npm install -g cordova ionic
3. create a simple project: ionic start mySimpleApp tabs
4. cd mySimpleApp
5. ionic cordova platform add android
6. Build the project: ionic build android

Answer 7

Insert this into your system path. This happens because node modules are not seen but when you do this you make the path to the module. They are found in this location

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\npm

Answer 8

After several hours of struggle I fixed it by the below steps:

1. uninstall node js restart the system .
2. install the node js (current version).
3. check your node js path in System variable in an environmental variable.

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4. Right click the command prompt and select run as administrator. Type cd\ now get into the npm path folder by cd <YourNpmPath>\npm install -g ionic@4
5. That's it . Now it is globally available throughout the system.

Answer 9

For the benefit of searchers, the other answers didn't work for me.

I deleted the 'Ionic' folder from:

C:\Users\..{me}..\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules

Then installed again with:

npm install -g ionic cordova

That fixed it.

Answer 10

I solve the problem on windows 10.The problem was that the environment variables don't contain a path to the ionic folder.

Answer 11

setting the path variable to C:\Users\«user name folder»\appdata\Roaming\npm helped me to resolve the issue. Please try

Answer 12

In my situation, I thought Ionic did not install, but after I had changed my Windows User-Name, npm did for some reason still install on the last %AppData% folder path.

for example correct-path for new user-name is:

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\npm

but npm did use:

C:\Users\Abc\AppData\Roaming\npm

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have moved that folder contents to the right place and all just works!

But to finally fix the issue from its root cause I updated NPM settings like:

npm config -g set prefix "%AppData%\npm"
npm config -g set cache "%AppData%\npm-cache"
npm config -g get prefix

And ensured my PATH environment-variable includes the correct NPM directory.

Answer 13

Just do:

npm config set prefix

And then

npm install -g ionic cordova

Answer 14

uninstall the old version

npm uninstall -g ionic

and try to install it again with the new version

npm install -g @ionic/cli

Answer 15

This issue occurs when we change the path variables manually.Because of this change system doesn't find libraries for the command which needed to be executed.

While installing ionic cordova, ionic cli takes cares by adding path variable in your environment.Hope this content helps

path - C:\user\system_name\AppData\Roaming\npm

Answer 16

I had the same problem on Windows, and I find solution by navigating the command prompt to

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\npm>

Cordova, Ionic, etc. are found here.

Answer 17

'ionic/java/cordova etc..' is not recognized as an internal or external command

for ionic or cordova install it from node using npm install -g ionic/cordova command.

This kind of messages comes whenever its PATH not set properly for other programs like java. System has to recognize your command available on your system or not. This can be identified only when you set your environment variable.

use this for setting your path

SET PATH = %PATH%; your app path to bin

Answer 18

Just follow this video, you have to set your path correctly.

http://learn.ionicframework.com/videos/windows-android/

1: Download and Install Java then open your system environment variables, and add to or create a new user variable called PATH with the full path to the bin folder of the new Java SDK installation.

2: Download Apache Ant then add the full path to the bin/ folder to the end of your PATH environment variable.

3: Add Android to PATH :Open up your environment variables setting and add the full path to both the adt-bundle/sdk/platform-tools/ folder and the adt-bundle/sdk/tools/ folder to the end of your PATH variable:

4.Install nodeJs and now you can do

 npm install -g cordova ionic

Answer 19

I started getting this same error in the Console2 command prompt. I checked the environment variables and reinstalled ionic and cordova but this did not fixed it.

I then tried ionic in Node.js command prompt and it worked perfectly. So if you follow the other advice and it still doesn't work, try a different command prompt.

Answer 20

I think you should copy the bin file to the system variables and it should be fine, at least I try it on Win7 and it worked. I also got the same prob like this before. Right click Computer, choose Properties, Advanced system settings and edit environment variables.

Answer 21

Try reinstalling the ionic

npm install ionic -g

Answer 22

uninstall ionic npm package and then clear all npm cache in appdata and then install ionic

npm install -g ionic 
ionic info

• you must install ionic package has global so use -g.
• ionic info command is used to check the ionic information

Answer 23

Well, after trying several answers from many posts like this one and realizing that my environment variables were there too, I ran the

npm install -g cordova ionic

from the inside of nodejs folder in Program Files with windows prompt as administrator.

Initially I was installing it in my dev folder in D:\ partition. Hope it helps someone.

Answer 24

Probably you doesn't have ionic installed in your device. First check in terminal/cmd, have you installed ionic or not? you can check it with following command:

ionic -v

Answer 25

C:\Program Files\nodejs\bin try adding this to your user and environment variables, under environment variables, and then close the command prompt window and open. I got my problem resolved :)

Answer 26

npm install -g cordova ionic

and then

ionic start myApp tabs

and then

cd myApp
ionic serve

Answer 27

Firstly uninstall the ionic module from the project by using the following command.

npm uninstall -g ionic cordova

Then install ionic and cordova dependencies seperately as follows.

npm install -g ionic

npm install -g cordova

Answer 28

Please check whether ionic cli is installed or not globally and locally both

Answer 29

The process is simple

1. Make sure that you have nodejs installed. Install NodeJs
2. Install ionic npm install -g ionic

3. Create a project ionic start sample.

   You can define a sample project to create (ex: tabs) ionic start sample tabs. To see all the templates, just run ionic templates

4. Add the platform you need (Android or iOS) ionic platform add android

   Remember, add iOS platform, you need a Mac with xcode installed

5. Compile your app ionic build android

If you have problems while installing ionic, try to run the prompt with Admin Rights

Answer 30

download JDK and install https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/android/#java-development-kit-jdk

1-Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the location of your JDK installation

2-Set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable to the location of your Android SDK installation

3-It is also recommended that you add the Android SDK's tools, tools/bin, and platform-tools directories to your PATH

Remember, add iOS platform, you need a Mac with xcode installed

visit this link flow step by step https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/android/