Build Errors with Cordova and Visual Studio 2015 Community

Question

I am having some difficulty trying to understand why Visual Studio uses a different version of Node and NPM than what is installed...

My Development Environment Details: -Windows 8.1 -Node Version: 6.10.3 (node -v) -NPM Version: 5.0.1 (npm -v)

When I open up a solution file I get the following messages in my NPM Output window

PATH=.\node_modules\.bin;%VSINSTALLDIR%\Web\External;%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\Git\mingw32\bin
"C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\2017\COMMUNITY\Web\External\npm.CMD" install
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.3.9600
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\Web\\External\\Node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\Web\\External\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v5.4.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.3.4
npm ERR! No compatible version found: ionic-native@3.5.0
npm ERR! Valid install targets:
npm ERR! ["2.9.0","2.8.1","2.8.0","2.7.0","2.6.0","2.5.1","2.5.0","2.4.1","2.4.0","2.3.2","2.3.1","2.3.0","2.2.17","2.2.16","2.2.15","2.2.14","2.2.13","2.2.12","2.2.11","2.2.10","2.2.9","2.2.8","2.2.7","2.2.6","2.2.5","2.2.4","2.2.3","2.2.2","2.2.1","2.2.0","2.1.9","2.1.8","2.1.7","2.1.6","2.1.5","2.1.4","2.1.3","2.1.2","2.0.3","2.0.2","2.0.1","2.0.0","1.3.27","1.3.26","1.3.25","1.3.24","1.3.23","1.3.22","1.3.21","1.3.20","1.3.19","1.3.18","1.3.17","1.3.16","1.3.15","1.3.14","1.3.13","1.3.12","1.3.11","1.3.10","1.3.9","1.3.8","1.3.7","1.3.6","1.3.5","1.3.4","1.3.3","1.3.2","1.3.1","1.3.0","1.2.4","1.2.3","1.2.2","1.2.1","1.2.0","1.1.1","1.1.0","1.0.12","1.0.11","1.0.10","1.0.9","1.0.8","1.0.7"]
npm ERR!

The error messages say Visual studio is trying to use node v5.4.1 and npm v3.3.4.... Where are these versions installed? And why isn't it using Node 6.10.3 and NPM 5.0.2?

Any help with this would be great!

Answer 1

It seems you are using an old ionic-native package in your application. You should uninstall it by issuing the below command,

npm uninstall --save ionic-native

And then try installing the latest one by issuing the below npm install command,

npm install @ionic-native/core --save

Hope this helps!.