Ionic 2 installation issues - ionic-framework

Question

I am trying to use Ionic 2 on Windows 7 x64 bit and got stuck when using ionic start command. I have tried to read tutorials and installation instructions but got no luck. Here's the details of my problem:
Found depreciation warnings during cordova and ionic installation:
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Then it shows errors using following command in ionic:
ionic start newProject sidemenu --v2
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context of my npm-debug.log:
9284 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents#^1.0.0 (node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents):
69285 warn notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents#1.0.15: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"ia32"})
69286 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid OS: darwin
69286 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid Arch: any
69286 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual OS: win32
69286 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual Arch: ia32
69287 verbose stack Error: node-sass#3.10.1 postinstall: `node scripts/build.js`
69287 verbose stack Exit status 1
69287 verbose stack at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\lifecycle.js:255:16)
69287 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
69287 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
69287 verbose stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\spawn.js:40:14)
69287 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
69287 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
69287 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:885:16)
69287 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
69288 verbose pkgid node-sass#3.10.1
69289 verbose cwd C:\Users\Lime\newIonicProj
69290 error Windows_NT 6.1.7601
69291 error argv "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
69292 error node v7.3.0
69293 error npm v3.10.10
69294 error code ELIFECYCLE
69295 error node-sass#3.10.1 postinstall: `node scripts/build.js`
69295 error Exit status 1
69296 error Failed at the node-sass#3.10.1 postinstall script 'node scripts/build.js'.
69296 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
69296 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the node-sass package,
69296 error not with npm itself.
69296 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
69296 error node scripts/build.js
69296 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
69296 error npm bugs node-sass
69296 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
69296 error npm owner ls node-sass
69296 error There is likely additional logging output above.
69297 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
Applied Solutions:
Installed nodejs 7.3.0 (current version as of now).
Note: I have tried to install x64 bit but since I got errors, so I switched to x86 version and still no luck. I have also tried to downgrade nodejs to 6.9.2 and v4.4.7 but have made no progress at all.
Upgraded npm using "npm install -g npm", clear cache and update registry
Tried to rebuild node-sass
Tried to install minimatch, uuid and fsevents manually
Any idea, what I missed during the installation? I got same problems when creating projects using ionic version 1.

Answer 1

After series of uninstalling and installing the all dependencies, I found out that the problem occurred because of the incompatibility of node-sass to the current version of nodejs. I have solved the problem by:
installing x86 nodejs version 7.3.0
install cordova and ionic (not beta)
updated node-sass "install -g node-sass"
built node-sass again by using the command "npm rebuild node-sass"
After that, the when I tried to run "ionic serve" command, an error occurred. The error message was:
"Ionic serve error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
'/home/.../IonicTest/www/index.html'"
run the command "npm run build" reference:
And cheers! It's already working :D

Answer 2

Yes, node 7 requires node.sass v13.12.0 or higher
69288 verbose pkgid node-sass#3.10.1
69289 verbose cwd C:\Users\Lime\newIonicProj
69290 error Windows_NT 6.1.7601
69291 error argv "C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install"
69292 error node v7.3.0
Check supported versions here : https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases?after=3.4.0-RC1