# Ionic --v2 projects not being created

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-projects-not-being-created/66480>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [October 10, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-projects-not-being-created/66480 "2016-10-10T20:04:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![LowieHD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@LowieHD](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/LowieHD)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-projects-not-being-created/66480/1 "2016-10-10T20:04:54Z")

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When trying to create a project “sudo ionic start myApp --v2” i get

Installing npm packages…  
Error with start undefined  
Error Initializing app: There was an error with the spawned command: npminstall  
There was an error with the spawned command: npminstall  
Caught exception:  
undefined

ionic info returns:

6.3.1

Ionic CLI Version: 2.1.0  
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.1.0-beta.1  
OS: Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS  
Node Version: v6.7.0

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**Author:** ![kingleroyg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/kingleroyg/32/100596_2.png) [@kingleroyg](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/kingleroyg)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-v2-projects-not-being-created/66480/2 "2016-10-10T20:08:24Z")

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have you tried using a template ?

`ionic start myApp tabs --v2`