# Npm packages not installing

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/npm-packages-not-installing/50215>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [April 24, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/npm-packages-not-installing/50215 "2016-04-24T04:44:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/npm-packages-not-installing/50215/14 "2016-04-28T11:54:48Z")

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@ishank I guess that the problem is caused by the following `node-sass` issue:

> <https://github.com/sass/node-sass/issues/1484>

I would suggest you to downgrade to the latest Node v5.x.x - [Node v5.11.0](https://nodejs.org/download/release/v5.11.0/). Node v6.0.0 was just released and has a [long list of breaking changes](https://github.com/nodejs/node/wiki/Breaking-changes-between-v5-and-v6) which might break some packages _(as `node-sass` in this case)_. I guess that the upgrade to Node v6 will be safe in at least a month _(or probably even 2-3 months)_ when the package authors manage to catch up with the breaking changes and update their packages to support Node v6.

Additionally, if you want to start a new **Ionic 2** project then the correct syntax is _(i.e. with `--v2`)_:

```auto
ionic start TestApp --v2

```

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