ionic-cli: ionic start don't work

When i try to start a new project i get the following errror:

$ ionic start HybridDemo sideMenu
Running start task...
Creating Ionic app in folder /Users/xxx/Desktop/HybridDemo based on sideMenu project

DOWNLOADING: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip

DOWNLOADING: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-sideMenu/archive/master.zip
Initializing cordova project.
Fetching plugin "org.apache.cordova.device" via plugin registry
Error: failed to fetch the plugin archive
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/src/registry/registry.js:60:26
    at Request.cb [as _callback] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/src/registry/registry.js:251:9)
    at self.callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/node_modules/request/index.js:148:22)
    at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
    at ClientRequest.self.clientErrorHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/plugman/node_modules/request/index.js:257:10)
    at ClientRequest.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Socket.socketErrorListener (http.js:1547:9)
    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at net.js:440:14
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)
ERROR: Unable to add plugins. Perhaps your version of Cordova is too old. Try updating (npm install -g cordova), removing this project folder, and trying again.
Exiting.

reproduced on OSX and windows 8. obiuvsly cordova and ionic are up-to date

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Created 10 years ago
Comments: 17 (3 by maintainers)

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Hi, using set proxy=http://server:port before running the ionic cli worked

+11

saamorim on Nov 17, 2014

Fixed! Try adding PROXY ahead of the command:

$ PROXY=http://myproxy.com:8081 ionic start myApp

mlynch on Apr 28, 2014

Why not using the standard “http_proxy” and “https_proxy” env variables? Pretty much all osx/linux programs support these (including cordova, npm, git…)

sinedied on Apr 3, 2015

Here’s what I found in Win7.

Setting NPM proxy is not going work with this. I tried forwarding to fiddler by setting the npm proxy and https-proxy like npm set proxy=http://localhost:8888 and fillder would not capture the request.

I then simply set the proxy like set proxy=http://localhost:8888 and fillder captured the request and started downloading it.

I think CNTLM will work too. I usually switch between setting the actual proxy http://username:password@domain:port, fiddler and CNTLM. When none of these work I simply try to download the package or get it working on my home pc and copy over. Windows complains about too many characters in path but somehow after that it manages to work with the proxy.

tej-rana on Oct 4, 2016

@vincesp My idea of doing all these stuff behind NTLM proxy is that use CNTLM to convert your NTLM proxy into a local proxy server which does not require any usernames or passwords. It really makes my life a lot easier.

haha454 on Jan 25, 2016

@sinedied
Your solution worked for me…!!! Thanks …

I set my proxy as below :

C:\Users\naj>npm config set proxy http://myUserName:myPassword@111.111.111.6:8000

C:\Users\naj>npm config set https-proxy http://myUserName:myPassword@111.111.111.6:8000

and upadate the same in system environment variable “http_proxy” and “https_proxy”. Cloased the cmd prompt once and i opend again ,it worked well…!!!

ghost on Aug 18, 2015