I have npm configured to allow me to install apps globally without root, by installing to my user home, using an .npmrc. This works fine, and I have been developing node apps this way for 2 years. I installed ionic and cordova the same way, with
npm -g install ionic cordova
and in a terminal, I can run ionic info and get
~/Projects/ionic$ ionic info
Your system information:
OS: Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.8 (wheezy)
Node Version: v0.12.1
Cordova CLI: Not installed
Ionic CLI Version: 1.3.18
and in the same shell, I can run cordova info and get:
~/Projects/ionic/web$ cordova info
Collecting Data...
Node version: v0.12.1
Cordova version: 4.3.0
Config.xml file:
....
No Plugins Currently Installed
No Platforms Currently Installed
And in an ionic project folder, I get:
~/Projects/ionic/web$ ionic platform add android
Downloading Default Ionic Resources
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-default-resources/archive/master.zip
[=============================] 100% 0.0s
Done adding default Ionic resources
Adding icons for platform: android
Adding in default Ionic hooks
/bin/sh: 1: cordova: not found
Any ideas on why ionic cannot find cordova?