# Installation setup error

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/installation-setup-error/77598>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [January 27, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/installation-setup-error/77598 "2017-01-27T11:18:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sivaadhithya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@sivaadhithya](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/sivaadhithya)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/installation-setup-error/77598/1 "2017-01-27T11:18:01Z")

</div>

npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.7: use uuid module instead  
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@0.2.14: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue  
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@0.3.0: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue  
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@2.0.10: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue  
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.3.3: use uuid module instead  
C:\Users\Zweezle Media\AppData\Roaming\npm  
`-- cordova@6.5.0 +-- cordova-lib@6.5.0 +-- insight@0.8.4 +-- nopt@3.0.1`– update-notifier@0.5.0

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node\_modules\ionic\node\_modules\chokidar\node\_modules\fsevents):  
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.0.17: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“win32”,“arch”:“x64”})  
npm WARN In ionic@2.2.1 replacing bundled version of cross-spawn with cross-spawn@4.0.2  
npm WARN In ionic@2.2.1 replacing bundled version of semver with semver@4.2.0  
npm WARN In ionic@2.2.1 replacing bundled version of mime-types with mime-types@2.0.14  
npm WARN In ionic@2.2.1 replacing bundled version of form-data with form-data@0.2.0  
npm WARN In ionic@2.2.1 replacing bundled version of request with request@2.51.0  
npm WARN In ionic@2.2.1 replacing bundled version of ionic-app-lib with ionic-app-lib@2.2.0  
npm ERR! Windows\_NT 10.0.14393  
npm ERR! argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node\_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “install” “-g” “ionic” "cordova"  
npm ERR! node v6.9.4  
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10  
npm ERR! path C:\Users\Zweezle Media\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules.staging\ansi-1317386a  
npm ERR! code ENOENT  
npm ERR! errno -4058  
npm ERR! syscall rename

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename ‘C:\Users\Zweezle Media\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules.staging\ansi-1317386a’ -\> 'C:\Users\Zweezle Media\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ionic\node\_modules\cordova-lib\node\_modules\ansi’  
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename ‘C:\Users\Zweezle Media\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules.staging\ansi-1317386a’ -\> 'C:\Users\Zweezle Media\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ionic\node\_modules\cordova-lib\node\_modules\ansi’  
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself  
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.  
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:  
npm ERR! C:\Users\Zweezle Media\npm-debug.log

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rapropos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/rapropos/32/100227_2.png) [@rapropos](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rapropos)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/installation-setup-error/77598/2 "2017-01-27T21:37:05Z")

</div>

Completely uninstall ionic and cordova and reinstall them.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dieasmaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@dieasmaz](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/dieasmaz)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/installation-setup-error/77598/3 "2017-01-29T20:42:29Z")

</div>

Hi, could you tell me how I can completely uninstall both things, both ionic and cordova?

Since it happens to me practically the same, it gives me a similar error only that it is with a package called “ansi” or something like that.
