Issue while setting up a blank app

when I use the command ionic start todo blank is downloads some stuff and starts installing until at some point this error appears:

 Running command - failed!
[ERROR] An error occurred while running npm install (exit code 1):

        npm WARN deprecated object-keys@0.2.0: Please update to the latest object-keys
        npm WARN prefer global node-gyp@3.6.2 should be installed with -g

        > node-sass@4.5.0 install c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\node-sass
        > node scripts/install.js

        Downloading binary from https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases/download/v4.5.0/win32-x64-57_binding.node
        Cannot download "https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases/download/v4.5.0/win32-x64-57_binding.node":

        HTTP error 404 Not Found

        Hint: If github.com is not accessible in your location
              try setting a proxy via HTTP_PROXY, e.g.

              export HTTP_PROXY=http://example.com:1234

        or configure npm proxy via

              npm config set proxy http://example.com:8080

        > fsevents@1.1.1 install c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\fsevents
        > node install


        > node-sass@4.5.0 postinstall c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\node-sass
        > node scripts/build.js

        Building: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
        gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
        gyp verb cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
        gyp verb cli   'c:\\ionic\\todo\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js',
        gyp verb cli   'rebuild',
        gyp verb cli   '--verbose',
        gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ext=',
        gyp verb cli   '--libsass_cflags=',
        gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ldflags=',
        gyp verb cli   '--libsass_library=' ]
        gyp info using node-gyp@3.6.2
        gyp info using node@8.1.0 | win32 | x64
        gyp verb command rebuild []
        gyp verb command clean []
        gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
        gyp verb command configure []
        gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
        gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python2
        gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at F (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at E (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
        gyp verb `which` failed  python2 { Error: not found: python2
        gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at F (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at E (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21) code: 'ENOENT' }
        gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python" in the PATH
        gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python
        gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at F (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at E (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
        gyp verb `which` failed  python { Error: not found: python
        gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at F (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at E (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
        gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21) code: 'ENOENT' }
        gyp verb could not find "python". checking python launcher
        gyp verb could not find "python". guessing location
        gyp verb ensuring that file exists: C:\Python27\python.exe
        gyp ERR! configure error
        gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
        gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.failNoPython (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:483:19)
        gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:508:16)
        gyp ERR! stack     at c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:284:29
        gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
        gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.15063
        gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "c:\\ionic\\todo\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
        gyp ERR! cwd c:\ionic\todo\node_modules\node-sass
        gyp ERR! node -v v8.1.0
        gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
        gyp ERR! not ok
        Build failed with error code: 1
        npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
        npm ERR! errno 1
        npm ERR! node-sass@4.5.0 postinstall: `node scripts/build.js`
        npm ERR! Exit status 1
        npm ERR!
        npm ERR! Failed at the node-sass@4.5.0 postinstall script.
        npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

it seams to be about the file win32-x64-57_binding.node which doesn’t exist on github servers…

Do any of you experience similar errors… is something broken on github or did I do something wrong?

While installing I stricktly followed the tutorial at:
http://ionicframework.com/docs/v1/guide/installation.html

As discussed multiple times here in the forum in the last few hours and days Ionic is not ready for npm8 yet. Try it with an older version and it will work.