# Ios-sim was not found **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v1\ **Created:** [April 12, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ios-sim-was-not-found/20796 "2015-04-12T03:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sathishxcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@sathishxcode](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/sathishxcode)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ios-sim-was-not-found/20796/1 "2015-04-12T03:23:24Z")
imac:myApp isathish$ ionic emulate ios running cordova emulate ios Running command: /Users/isathish/myApp/hooks/after\_prepare/010\_add\_platform\_class.js /Users/isathish/myApp add to body class: platform-ios Running command: /Users/isathish/myApp/hooks/after\_prepare/020\_remove\_sass\_from\_platforms.js /Users/isathish/myApp Running command: /Users/isathish/myApp/platforms/ios/cordova/run --emulator ios-sim was not found. Please download, build and install version 3.0.0 or greater from [https://github.com/phonegap/ios-sim](https://github.com/phonegap/ios-sim) into your path. Or ‘npm install -g ios-sim’ using node.js: [http://nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org) Error: /Users/isathish/myApp/platforms/ios/cordova/run: Command failed with exit code 2 at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/cordova/node\_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:131:23) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17) at maybeClose (child\_process.js:1015:16) at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (child\_process.js:1087:5) ---
**Author:** ![bjones2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bjones2014](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/bjones2014)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ios-sim-was-not-found/20796/2 "2015-04-12T21:12:37Z")
> [@sathishxcode](#): > > Or ‘npm install -g ios-sim’ using node.js: [http://nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org) The error message tells you what to do