Unable to install ionic in windows 7

I am trying to install ionic as npm install -g ionic but I am getting these errors.
Please help me.
c:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm
– (empty)

npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\varun\AppData
\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "ionic"
npm ERR! node v4.4.3
npm ERR! npm v3.8.6
npm ERR! path C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules.staging\debug-c
6c81d95
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall rename

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:\Users\varun\AppD
ata\Roaming\npm\node_modules.staging\debug-c6c81d95' -> 'C:\Users\varun\AppDa
ta\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\send\node_modules\debug'
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:\Users\varun\AppD
ata\Roaming\npm\node_modules.staging\debug-c6c81d95' -> 'C:\Users\varun\AppDa
ta\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\node_modules\send\node_modules\debug'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\varun\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1

C:\Users\varun>

npm on windows is a real pain! I had that problem several times on windows.
try to run a shell terminal as Administrator, it might solve the problem.
Even if you are an administrator user, you can have several npm problems which later totally mess up npm installation.

I’m having the same problem, and even running cmd as an administrator, the error still occurs. None of the solutions found in forums work. I am already desperate to solve this problem and can not find a solution anywhere. Do you know of any other solution to this problem?

Hi Varun ,

Install Node.js then Run the following npm code in node.js command prompt.
Hope this will help!

Happy Holidays! :slight_smile:

Aditya Kumar