There’s something wrong with the latest version…
ionic start testapp blank
cd testapp
bower install --save ngCordova
I get:
bower not-cached git://github.com/driftyco/ionic-bower.git#1.1.1
bower resolve git://github.com/driftyco/ionic-bower.git#1.1.1
bower cached git://github.com/driftyco/ng-cordova.git#0.1.20-alpha
bower validate 0.1.20-alpha against git://github.com/driftyco/ng-cordova.git#*
bower cached git://github.com/angular/bower-angular.git#1.4.7
bower validate 1.4.7 against git://github.com/angular/bower-angular.git#>= 1.2.23
bower ENORESTARGET No tag found that was able to satisfy 1.1.1
ionic version: 1.7.8
bower version: 1.6.5