Running "ionic" CLI gives "Cannot find module 'colors'"

[mhartington]

From @cyraid on August 27, 2015 10:31

I've installed Ionic 1.6.4 through NPM, and it seems when I want to run it, it gives the error "Cannot find module 'colors'". Just installed it today. I'm using Node.JS 0.12.7, and NPM 2.11.3

O.S. Is Ubuntu 15.04, 64bit

Copied from original issue: ionic-team/ionic-framework#4282

[cyraid]

You gave me a link that changed the original report.. Should I replace the iid in the URL and copy the info from the old one to update this one?

[mhartington]

You should go all set, the necessary info is there.

[cyraid]

Any information on this bug? It's a blocker, and I can't even use it.. I've created a project with it, and I need to get this 'proof of concept' app done ASAP.

[cyraid]

EDIT: Nevermind, it used two different installation directories.. The old NodeJS from Universe uses /usr/local/lib/node_modules and the new one uses /usr/lib/node_modules .. And it was using the old ionic and working.. The new one at /usr/lib/node_modules gives that error.. Perhaps it's NodeJS and it's new location that's causing it.

I managed to fix this by removing NPM/NodeJS, then reinstalling NPM from Ubuntu Universe, then using the:
curl --silent --location https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo bash -
Then:
sudo apt-get install nodejs
(To upgrade NodeJS and get the Node 0.12.x recommended by Ionic CLI), then installed (using sudo):
sudo npm install -g cordova
sudo npm install -g ionic
And it seemed to work.. Not sure why having NodeJS from universe first was needed.. Regardless, you can close this?