# Please Help! Can't run any ionic program because of npm error **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [October 10, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455 "2016-10-10T15:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JRC2307](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@JRC2307](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/JRC2307)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/1 "2016-10-10T15:31:32Z")
A team and I are build an app ass a school project and everything was going fine until we migrated to the 2.1.0 version. Everything is up to date. I believe this problem might be related to the Mac OS Sierra upgrade but I can’t seem to find anybody else with this problem or a solution. I’m quite desperate because I can’t program without testing. J@Javiers-MacBook-Air  ~/Desktop/ITESM\_ISC/Semestre7/LDAW : AMSS/Progra  node -v v6.7.0 J@Javiers-MacBook-Air  ~/Desktop/ITESM\_ISC/Semestre7/LDAW : AMSS/Progra  npm -v 3.10.7 I’ve deleted, reinstalled and updated all of these: Node, Npm, ionic. Inside the project I delete node\_modules and run “npm install”, its successful but I get a few of these warnings; ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/original/3X/9/a/9a55c70dde78db2d894fa988bc204a4b8c192db0.png) and when I run ionic serve: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/original/3X/5/b/5b056e4f268a260bcff18243227ebeeb93e1591a.png) Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisGriiffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/chrisgriiffith/32/66576_2.png) [@ChrisGriiffith](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/ChrisGriiffith)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/2 "2016-10-10T15:59:04Z")
Have you tried uninstalling Node and installing v4.6.0 instead? Chris ---
**Author:** ![JRC2307](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@JRC2307](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/JRC2307)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/3 "2016-10-10T16:22:01Z")
I just tried that, but It’s still not working This is the npm-debug.log 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [‘/usr/local/bin/node’, ‘/usr/local/bin/npm’, ‘run’, ‘watch’] 2 info using npm@2.15.9 3 info using node@v4.6.0 4 verbose run-script [‘prewatch’, ‘watch’, ‘postwatch’] 5 info prewatch ionic-hello-world@ 6 info watch ionic-hello-world@ 7 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 8 info ionic-hello-world@ Failed to exec watch script 9 verbose stack Error: ionic-hello-world@ watch: `ionic-app-scripts watch` 9 verbose stack spawn ENOENT 9 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:17:16) 9 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) 9 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7) 9 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child\_process.js:829:16) 9 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:211:5) 10 verbose pkgid ionic-hello-world@ 11 verbose cwd /Users/J/Desktop/ITESM\_ISC/Semestre7/LDAW : AMSS/Progra/Proyect/test 12 error Darwin 16.0.0 13 error argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “run” "watch" 14 error node v4.6.0 15 error npm v2.15.9 16 error file sh 17 error code ELIFECYCLE 18 error errno ENOENT 19 error syscall spawn 20 error ionic-hello-world@ watch: `ionic-app-scripts watch` 20 error spawn ENOENT 21 error Failed at the ionic-hello-world@ watch script ‘ionic-app-scripts watch’. 21 error This is most likely a problem with the ionic-hello-world package, 21 error not with npm itself. 21 error Tell the author that this fails on your system: 21 error ionic-app-scripts watch 21 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: 21 error npm bugs ionic-hello-world 21 error Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via: 21 error 21 error npm owner ls ionic-hello-world 21 error There is likely additional logging output above. 22 verbose exit [1, true] ---
**Author:** ![ChrisGriiffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/chrisgriiffith/32/66576_2.png) [@ChrisGriiffith](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/ChrisGriiffith)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/4 "2016-10-10T16:38:54Z")
Hum, have you updated the ionic app scripts? ---
**Author:** ![JRC2307](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@JRC2307](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/JRC2307)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/5 "2016-10-10T17:25:26Z")
I ran `npm install -g npm-check-updates` And then `npm update` after that `ncu -a/--upgradeAll` and got ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/original/3X/a/8/a895c2606492671aed6abe01867138978ca296a6.png) I’m not sure if you were referring to that. ---
**Author:** ![JRC2307](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@JRC2307](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/JRC2307)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/6 "2016-10-10T18:26:35Z")
Managed to solve it by making a global install 0.0.29 version of app-scripts. Works now, but shouldn’t this be done when you install ionic? ---
**Author:** ![Ellezo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/ellezo/32/104261_2.png) [@Ellezo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Ellezo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/7 "2016-10-10T18:52:59Z")
I think app-script version 0.0.29 can only be installed using latest node. I encountered this problem and I used node 6.7.0 before creating a project to avoid this error in future projects. ---
**Author:** ![mehradrafigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mehradrafigh](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mehradrafigh)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/please-help-cant-run-any-ionic-program-because-of-npm-error/66455/8 "2017-02-24T15:12:53Z")
I am having the same issue here Trying to build a production app on a Mac Mini. The Build fails on that machine, but works on my Macboko Pro… I already tried installing app-scripts as a global module, but that didn’t work either… No matter which ionic command I try to execute, I always get the same error… This is the output of `ionic info` ```auto Your system information: Cordova CLI: 6.5.0 Ionic CLI Version: 2.2.1 Ionic App Lib Version: 2.2.0 ios-deploy version: 1.9.1 ios-sim version: 5.0.13 OS: macOS Sierra Node Version: v7.6.0 Xcode version: Xcode 8.2.1 Build version 8C1002 ``` This is the npm log ```auto 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.6.0/bin/node', 1 verbose cli '/usr/local/bin/npm', 1 verbose cli 'run', 1 verbose cli 'ionic:serve', 1 verbose cli '--', 1 verbose cli '--v2', 1 verbose cli '--address', 1 verbose cli '0.0.0.0', 1 verbose cli '--port', 1 verbose cli '8100', 1 verbose cli '--livereload-port', 1 verbose cli '35729' ] 2 info using npm@4.4.0 3 info using node@v7.6.0 4 verbose run-script ['preionic:serve', 'ionic:serve', 'postionic:serve'] 5 info lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~preionic:serve: ionic-hello-world@ 6 silly lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~preionic:serve: no script for preionic:serve, continuing 7 info lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: ionic-hello-world@ 8 verbose lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 9 verbose lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/Users/iosdeploy/garcon-mobile-apps/bestellbar-release-2017-02-24-15:50:20/bestellbar-hybrid/current-version/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin 10 verbose lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: CWD: /Users/iosdeploy/garcon-mobile-apps/bestellbar-release-2017-02-24-15:50:20/bestellbar-hybrid/current-version 11 silly lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: Args: [ '-c', 11 silly lifecycle 'ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"' ] 12 info lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: Failed to exec ionic:serve script 13 verbose stack Error: ionic-hello-world@ ionic:serve: `ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"` 13 verbose stack spawn ENOENT 13 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:33:16) 13 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13) 13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:192:7) 13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:890:16) 13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5) 14 verbose pkgid ionic-hello-world@ 15 verbose cwd /Users/iosdeploy/garcon-mobile-apps/bestellbar-release-2017-02-24-15:50:20/bestellbar-hybrid/current-version 16 verbose Darwin 16.4.0 17 verbose argv "/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.6.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "ionic:serve" "--" "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729" 18 verbose node v7.6.0 19 verbose npm v4.4.0 20 error file sh 21 error code ELIFECYCLE 22 error errno ENOENT 23 error syscall spawn 24 error ionic-hello-world@ ionic:serve: `ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"` 24 error spawn ENOENT 25 error Failed at the ionic-hello-world@ ionic:serve script 'ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"'. 25 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. 25 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the ionic-hello-world package, 25 error not with npm itself. 25 error Tell the author that this fails on your system: 25 error ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729" 25 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: 25 error npm bugs ionic-hello-world 25 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: 25 error npm owner ls ionic-hello-world 25 error There is likely additional logging output above. 26 verbose exit [1, true] ...skipping... 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.6.0/bin/node', 1 verbose cli '/usr/local/bin/npm', 1 verbose cli 'run', 1 verbose cli 'ionic:serve', 1 verbose cli '--', 1 verbose cli '--v2', 1 verbose cli '--address', 1 verbose cli '0.0.0.0', 1 verbose cli '--port', 1 verbose cli '8100', 1 verbose cli '--livereload-port', 1 verbose cli '35729' ] 2 info using npm@4.4.0 3 info using node@v7.6.0 4 verbose run-script ['preionic:serve', 'ionic:serve', 'postionic:serve'] 5 info lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~preionic:serve: ionic-hello-world@ 6 silly lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~preionic:serve: no script for preionic:serve, continuing 7 info lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: ionic-hello-world@ 8 verbose lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 9 verbose lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/Users/iosdeploy/garcon-mobile-apps/bestellbar-release-2017-02-24-15:50:20/bestellbar-hybrid/current-version/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin 10 verbose lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: CWD: /Users/iosdeploy/garcon-mobile-apps/bestellbar-release-2017-02-24-15:50:20/bestellbar-hybrid/current-version 11 silly lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: Args: [ '-c', 11 silly lifecycle 'ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"' ] 12 info lifecycle ionic-hello-world@~ionic:serve: Failed to exec ionic:serve script 13 verbose stack Error: ionic-hello-world@ ionic:serve: `ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"` 13 verbose stack spawn ENOENT 13 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:33:16) 13 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13) 13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:192:7) 13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:890:16) 13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5) 14 verbose pkgid ionic-hello-world@ 15 verbose cwd /Users/iosdeploy/garcon-mobile-apps/bestellbar-release-2017-02-24-15:50:20/bestellbar-hybrid/current-version 16 verbose Darwin 16.4.0 17 verbose argv "/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.6.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "ionic:serve" "--" "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729" 18 verbose node v7.6.0 19 verbose npm v4.4.0 20 error file sh 21 error code ELIFECYCLE 22 error errno ENOENT 23 error syscall spawn 24 error ionic-hello-world@ ionic:serve: `ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"` 24 error spawn ENOENT 25 error Failed at the ionic-hello-world@ ionic:serve script 'ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729"'. 25 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. 25 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the ionic-hello-world package, 25 error not with npm itself. 25 error Tell the author that this fails on your system: 25 error ionic-app-scripts serve "--v2" "--address" "0.0.0.0" "--port" "8100" "--livereload-port" "35729" 25 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: 25 error npm bugs ionic-hello-world 25 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: 25 error npm owner ls ionic-hello-world 25 error There is likely additional logging output above. 26 verbose exit [1, true] ``` Does anybody has a clue how one is supposed to fix this?