Upgrading CLI 2.2.1 to latest but still result in CLI 2.2.1

I have used the follow npm command to upgrade my CLI from 2.2.1 to the latest.

  1. npm remove -g ionic
  2. npm install -g ionic@latest

After using the above command the installation states that I have installed ionic 2.2.3

`-- ionic@2.2.3
  +-- @ionic/app-generators@0.0.3
  +-- chalk@1.1.3
  | +-- ansi-styles@2.2.1
  | +-- escape-string-regexp@1.0.5
  | +-- has-ansi@2.0.0
  | +-- strip-ansi@3.0.1
  | `-- supports-color@2.0.0

However when I check the ionic version using ionic --version it still says it’s CLI 2.2.1

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>ionic -v
2.2.1

The latest CLI release is 2.2.x. CLI v3 is in beta (I believe releasing soon according to their meeting minutes).
If you want to install v3, use

npm install -g ionic@beta

For Ionic1 Projects
npm install --save-dev @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic1@beta @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova@beta

For Ionic2/3 Project
npm install --save-dev @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular@beta @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova@beta

Thanks for your reply, but isn’t 2.2.3 a stable release?

I checked the latest release CLI using following command give me 2.2.3

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>npm view ionic@latest version
2.2.3

Github master is in v2.2.3 now, but the changes are not documented. I am using CLI v3 now so I am not sure about that.

Don’t worry, you are doing everything correctly: 2.2.3 is the latest stable version and CLI v3 is still in beta and unstable.

Now back to your problem:
WTF!? That’s a new one.

  • The ionic -v output is in the same command line and folder where you just installed the latest via npm?
  • Do you maybe have a local installation of ionic in “Desktop”? Can you try “ionic -v” somewhere else?
  • You seem to be working as Administrator… is the Command line you are installing also? Do you have a normal user that you could work in?
  • Search your whole computer for files named “ionic” or “node_modules” folders that contain an “ionic” folder… somewhere there is a duplicate.
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This is the only change from 2.2.2 to 2.2.3: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-cli/commit/6a417e181ca5b531eeeff1f8f8007b91bea3887c Dropping the --v2 param, adding the --v1 param as a counterpart.

I have deleted all duplicates and reinstalled ionic, still got this result.

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>npm install -g ionic@latest
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\ionic -> C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic\bin\ionic
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm
`-- ionic@2.2.3

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules\ionic\node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.1: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>ionic -v
2.2.1

NOTE
The upgrade worked on my Mac but this windows machine is still not working.

Post npm list -g --depth=0 and npm list --depth=0 please.

*** npm list -g --deth=0 ***

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>npm list -g --depth=0
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm
+-- cnpm@4.4.2
+-- cordova@6.5.0
+-- ionic@2.2.3
+--  error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mklink\package.json
+--  error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm-debug.log\package.json
`-- rxjs@5.1.0

npm ERR! error in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mklink: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mklink\package.json'
npm ERR! error in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm-debug.log: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm-debug.log\package.json'
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npm ERR! extraneous: ini@1.3.4 C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\ini
npm ERR! extraneous: init-package-json@1.9.5 C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\init-package-json
npm ERR! extraneous: inline-source-map@0.6.2 C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\inline-source-map
npm ERR! extraneous: inquirer@0.10.1 C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\inquirer
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npm ERR! extraneous: interpret@1.0.2 C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\interpret
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npm list --depth=0

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>npm list --depth=0
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop
`-- (empty)

Ok, I don’t understand this.

Hammer method solution:
I would suggest you get rid of node and npm on that machine, install https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows and then reinstall node + npm. This way you can install several node versions and have different global npm installations (for example one with CLI 2.2.3 and one with CLI 3.x beta). (Make sure to put the “nvm” folder somewhere nice and short [e.g. C:/nvm] so you don’t get path problems).

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Ok I will give it a try , thanks!

Uninstalling node.js and removed all the npm related folders, and reinstalling node.js/ionic/cordova worked! Thanks for the help.

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