sudo is required for all Ionic and Cordova commands
I’m currently building my first Ionic Framework app. It’s fast to setup and performs well, but I ran into a problem that forces me to use sudo for all Ionic & Cordova commands.
This problem only occurs at work, not at home. I understand that some global commands 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. I can also not 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, and you will no longer have to use sudo when running Ionic & Cordova commands. You will also be able to open the Xcode project without warnings.