ionic-framework

How to install Ionic framework V5

I installed Ionic framework with npm.

npm install -g @ionic/cli

The installed version is 6.2.1, but in my work they using the version 5. How i can install the version 5 ?

Solution

  • 6.2.1 is the version of the installed Ionic CLI. This is NOT the Ionic Framework version.

    To check the Ionic Framework version of a project, open package.json and look for the version of @ionic/angular. It should be something like this: "@ionic/angular": "^5.0.5".

    Also, the versions of the @ionic-native/* plugins would be 5 or greater.

    To sum it up, if you are about to contribute to an Ionic 5 project, installing the latest version of the Ionic CLI is enough. When setting up the project on your machine, running npm install should install all the required dependencies, including Ionic 5.