Rc3 => rc4

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hey folks,

I have always the same problem…

How can I update my version RC3 onto RC4? npm -g install ionic will always install RC3 - and if I install npm -g ionic@beta the new projects won’t work for some reason.

If I would like to update an existing project with ionic lib update from RC3 onto RC4 it keeps telling me “Unrecognized version”…

What can I do?

Thanks,
Oliver

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use sudo npm install -g ionic@latest to get the latest

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Worked fine - thanks a lot man!

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Please stop recommending sudo. Don’t run things like npm as root.

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Well when you’re doing a global install it will require root, at least for ionic. Otherwise you’ll get an EACCESS error. Trust me, I know you’re not supposed to run with sudo, but if it won’t work otherwise, what are you gonna do?

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I’d like to back up my claims as well with the docs actually telling us to use sudo:

"
On Mac and Linux, you’ll need to add sudo to install Ionic globally:

$ sudo npm install -g ionic
"

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True but if you fix npm permissions like this:
https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions
sudo wouldnt be necessary for any npm commands

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Use nvm.

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Thanks! This really should be included in the ionic documentation instead of recommending sudo. +1 for providing a helpful response.

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Use nvm to manage node and npm - Node version manager - nvm https://github.com/creationix/nvm - it will simplify things with ionic

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You can change your permissions recursively on /usr/local/lib to a+rwx (777) so you don’t have to keep doing everything with elevated privileges.

sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/local/lib
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and how to update an existing project in RC3 to RC4?

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Make sure your CLI is updated, then just update your package.json according to the release docs:

Then make sure to run npm install.

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I just updated from RC3 to RC4 with little pain.
I run an app with ~50 pages and a bunch of plugins.

My experience:

  • The creation of an apk has decreased from 4 minutes to 1 minute! (Win10, 8Gb RAM, i5-4200U CPU)
  • Plugin management is messy (I removed the plugins from the config.xml file to get my app running on Anfroid)
  • Startup time on an Nexus 5 has passed from 5 seconds to 13 seconds.

Can someone tell me if there is a particular reason for the increased startup time? Will it get better with the future releases?

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You have to make sure to build with the production tag ionic build android --prod in order for it to utilize the same AoT compilation as in previous RCs. That could be the cause of the problem.

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It worked, thanks a lot for the quick answer!

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No problem! Glad to help!

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