sudo is required for all Ionic and Cordova commands
I’m currently building my very first app with Ionic Framework. So far, Ionic is
fast to setup and performs well, but I just ran into a problem that forces me to
use sudo for all Ionic and Cordova commands.
This problem only occur at work. The development setup works great at home. I
understand that some global installation configurations require sudo, but at
work I also have to use sudo for commands like:
ionic platform add androidionic build iosionic run android
If I don’t use sudo, Ionic isn’t able to remove assets in the platform folders. Also, I can’t open the project in Xcode, due to missing permissions.
I finally found a terminal command that fixes these problems whenever they happen:
sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/<path to your project folder>
Run it once, and you will no longer have to use sudo when executing the Ionic and Cordova commands. You will also be able to open the Xcode project without warnings.