Minor - Capacitor Installation - Path must be a string. Received undefined

[tonyawad88]

Hello,

I was trying to add capacitor to a brand new ionic project --blank template, and I keep getting "Path must be a string. Received undefined", even though the command seems to run to completion.

Here's the commands that keep printing that message:

Node version: 8.9.4
NPM version: 5.7.1

Command 1:

npx cap init myApp com.abc.myapp

Output:

npx: installed 1 in 1.765s
Path must be a string. Received undefined
C:\Prototypes\ionic2\capacitor-test\node_modules\@capacitor\cli\bin\capacitor
√ Initializing Capacitor project in C:\Prototypes\ionic2\capacitor-test in 2.48ms


*   Your Capacitor project is ready to go!  *

Add platforms using "npx cap add":

  npx cap add android
  npx cap add ios
  npx cap add electron

Follow the Developer Workflow guide to get building:
https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/basics/workflow

Command 2:

npx cap add android

Output:

npx: installed 1 in 1.75s
Path must be a string. Received undefined
...\capacitor-test\node_modules\@capacitor\cli\bin\capacitor
√ Adding native android project in: ...\capacitor-test\android in 59.59ms
- Syncing GradleCreating local properties ...\Library\Android\sdk
√ Syncing Gradle in 698.89μp
√ add in 65.00ms
√ Copying web assets from www to android\app\src\main\assets\public in 26.65ms
√ Copying native bridge in 1.80ms
√ Copying capacitor.config.json in 12.60ms
Found 3 Cordova plugin(s):
  cordova-plugin-device
  cordova-plugin-splashscreen
  cordova-plugin-whitelist
√ copy in 109.51ms
√ Fetching plugins in 10.48ms
Found 3 Cordova plugin(s):
  cordova-plugin-device
  cordova-plugin-splashscreen
  cordova-plugin-whitelist
Found 0 Capacitor plugin(s):

√ update android in 33.13ms

[mlynch]

I believe this is an npx/node bug on windows. Closing and will monitor this: zkat/npx#144

[ronakganatra9]

Downloading latest node stable version from https://nodejs.org/en/ &
npm install -g fixed my issue.

[ionitron-bot]

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