windows - Phonegap installation error (npm)

Question

I have been searching for a solution for two days now to setup Phonegap on my Windows 8.1 system without any success.

Whenever I try to install Phonegap through npm I get an error that I think has to do with Cordova(-lib).

To install Phonegap I had to install Node.js (v0.10.28) on my system. After this I opened up Windows Powershell and issued the following command like instructed on the Phonegap website:

npm install -g phonegap

Output: (This is the only part of the error)

error notarget No compatible version found: cordova-lib@'lorinbeer/cordova-lib.git#configparser_module'
error notarget Valid install targets:
error notarget ["0.21.2","0.21.3"]
error notarget
error notarget This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
error notarget In most cases you or one of your dependencies are requesting
error notarget a package version that doesn't exist.

I also tried installing just Cordova through the npm and then install Phonegap, but that didn't solve anything either.

Running the Powershell with administrator rights also didn't help and tried solutions of other people who also had problems setting up Phonegap, but nothing works.

I really hope that someone could help me out here.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Download the older version. I think there was a problem in the new one

npm install -g phonegap@3.4

I tried this and worked for me.