# Looks like @ionic/lab isn't installed in my project **URL:** \ **Category:** Ionic Framework\ **Created:** [July 19, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/looks-like-ionic-lab-isnt-installed-in-my-project/193031 "2020-07-19T08:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PhGalaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PhGalaz](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/PhGalaz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/looks-like-ionic-lab-isnt-installed-in-my-project/193031/1 "2020-07-19T08:18:44Z")
Hello everyone, I’m Phil and this is my first time trying ionic. I can’t make it to work and it’s been more than 2 week already trying to run it so I think it’s time to look for some help. No matter what I do if I try `ionic server --lab` I got this ```auto [INFO] Looks like @ionic/lab isn't installed in this project. This package is required for this command to work properly. The package provides a CLI utility, but the ionic-lab binary was not found in your PATH. ? Install @ionic/lab? ``` Even @ionic/lab@3.1.7 is actually installed. If I try saying yes I got a final error; `[ERROR] ionic-lab command not found.` And that is it, I can not run the lab. Here some info of my system: ```auto Angular CLI: 10.0.3 Node: 14.0.0 OS: linux x64 Angular: 10.0.4 ionic --version 5.4.16 @angular-devkit/architect 0.1000.3 @angular-devkit/build-angular 0.1000.3 @angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.1000.3 @angular-devkit/build-webpack 0.1000.3 @angular-devkit/core 9.1.11 @angular-devkit/schematics 9.1.11 @angular/cli 10.0.3 @ngtools/webpack 10.0.3 @schematics/angular 9.1.11 @schematics/update 0.1000.3 rxjs 6.6.0 typescript 3.9.2 webpack 4.43.0 ``` Thanks a lot for real. ---
**Author:** ![PhGalaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PhGalaz](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/PhGalaz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/looks-like-ionic-lab-isnt-installed-in-my-project/193031/2 "2020-07-20T01:12:21Z")
May I insist guys? I have no place to go at this point. ```auto ionic serve --lab > ng run app:serve --host=localhost --port=8101 [ng] Compiling @ionic-native/core : module as esm5 [ng] Compiling @angular/core : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/compiler/testing : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/core/testing : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @ionic-native/splash-screen : module as esm5 [ng] Compiling @angular/common : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @ionic-native/status-bar : module as esm5 [ng] Compiling @angular/platform-browser : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/router : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/common/http : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/platform-browser/testing : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/platform-browser-dynamic : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/common/http/testing : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/common/testing : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/forms : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/router/testing : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @ionic/angular : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] Compiling @angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing : es2015 as esm2015 [ng] chunk {} 0.js, 0.js.map () 31.1 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {common} common.js, common.js.map (common) 14.7 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {focus-visible-15ada7f7-js} focus-visible-15ada7f7-js.js, focus-visible-15ada7f7-js.js.map (focus-visible-15ada7f7-js) 2.11 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {folder-folder-module} folder-folder-module.js, folder-folder-module.js.map (folder-folder-module) 9.74 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {input-shims-d4609e0d-js} input-shims-d4609e0d-js.js, input-shims-d4609e0d-js.js.map (input-shims-d4609e0d-js) 15.3 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {keyboard-a2b5e51d-js} keyboard-a2b5e51d-js.js, keyboard-a2b5e51d-js.js.map (keyboard-a2b5e51d-js) 7.28 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {main} main.js, main.js.map (main) 35 kB [initial] [rendered] [ng] chunk {polyfills} polyfills.js, polyfills.js.map (polyfills) 268 kB [initial] [rendered] [ng] chunk {polyfills-core-js} polyfills-core-js.js, polyfills-core-js.js.map (polyfills-core-js) 78.7 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {polyfills-css-shim} polyfills-css-shim.js, polyfills-css-shim.js.map (polyfills-css-shim) 10.5 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {polyfills-dom} polyfills-dom.js, polyfills-dom.js.map (polyfills-dom) 38.5 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {runtime} runtime.js, runtime.js.map (runtime) 9.54 kB [entry] [rendered] [ng] chunk {shadow-css-7f9c6860-js} shadow-css-7f9c6860-js.js, shadow-css-7f9c6860-js.js.map (shadow-css-7f9c6860-js) 15.9 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {status-tap-171795fe-js} status-tap-171795fe-js.js, status-tap-171795fe-js.js.map (status-tap-171795fe-js) 1.6 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {styles} styles.js, styles.js.map (styles) 99.6 kB [initial] [rendered] [ng] chunk {swipe-back-0a6a44c8-js} swipe-back-0a6a44c8-js.js, swipe-back-0a6a44c8-js.js.map (swipe-back-0a6a44c8-js) 3.05 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {swiper-bundle-95afeea2-js} swiper-bundle-95afeea2-js.js, swiper-bundle-95afeea2-js.js.map (swiper-bundle-95afeea2-js) 200 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {tap-click-252af35a-js} tap-click-252af35a-js.js, tap-click-252af35a-js.js.map (tap-click-252af35a-js) 6.22 kB [rendered] [ng] chunk {vendor} vendor.js, vendor.js.map (vendor) 5.15 MB [initial] [rendered] [ng] Date: 2020-07-20T01:07:59.998Z - Hash: efc1a326c7791c3be507 - Time: 29679ms [ng] WARNING in /home/phglz/Desktop/U/Multiplatform Mobile App Development with Web Technologies: Ionic and Cordova/conFusion/src/test.ts is part of the TypeScript compilation but it's unused. [ng] Add only entry points to the 'files' or 'include' properties in your tsconfig. [ng] WARNING in /home/phglz/Desktop/U/Multiplatform Mobile App Development with Web Technologies: Ionic and Cordova/conFusion/src/environments/environment.prod.ts is part of the TypeScript compilation but it's unused. [ng] Add only entry points to the 'files' or 'include' properties in your tsconfig. [INFO] ... and 76 additional chunks [ng] : Compiled successfully. > ionic-lab http://localhost:8101 --host localhost --port 8200 --project-type angular --app-name conFusion --app-version 0.0.1 [INFO] Looks like @ionic/lab isn't installed in this project. This package is required for this command to work properly. The package provides a CLI utility, but the ionic-lab binary was not found in your PATH. ? Install @ionic/lab? Yes > npm i -D -E @ionic/lab npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.1.3 (node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"}) npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.13 (node_modules/webpack-dev-server/node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"}) npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.13 (node_modules/watchpack-chokidar2/node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"}) + @ionic/lab@3.1.7 added 65 packages from 15 contributors, removed 1 package and audited 1553 packages in 35.631s 59 packages are looking for funding run `npm fund` for details found 1 low severity vulnerability run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details > ionic-lab http://localhost:8101 --host localhost --port 8200 --project-type angular --app-name conFusion --app-version 0.0.1 [ERROR] ionic-lab command not found. ``` ---
**Author:** ![mikrochipkid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mikrochipkid/32/116956_2.png) [@mikrochipkid](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mikrochipkid)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/looks-like-ionic-lab-isnt-installed-in-my-project/193031/3 "2020-07-20T01:53:43Z")
I haven’t used ionic lab in a while. and not sure if its being maintained still but Is it even necessary to use Ionic lab? There are other ways to test the app on multiple devices. ---
**Author:** ![PhGalaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PhGalaz](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/PhGalaz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/looks-like-ionic-lab-isnt-installed-in-my-project/193031/4 "2020-07-20T03:08:33Z")
Say no more thank you my friend.