Error: TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format

Description:

when I try to create a new project, I get a tar error when it downloads and extracts.

Steps to Reproduce:

ionic start app sidemenu

Output:

? Framework: Angular ✔ Preparing directory ./iga - done! ⠴ Downloading and extracting sidemenu starter (100.00%) events.js:287 throw er; // Unhandled ‘error’ event ^

Error: TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format at Unpack.warn (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/warn-mixin.js:19:40) at Unpack.warn (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/unpack.js:188:18) at Unpack.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:82:14) at Unpack.emit (events.js:322:22) at Unpack.[emit] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:286:12) at Unpack.[maybeEnd] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:402:17) at Unpack.[consumeChunk] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:434:21) at Unpack.write (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:365:25) at Unpack.end (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:479:14) at IncomingMessage.onend (_stream_readable.js:660:10) Emitted ‘error’ event on Unpack instance at: at errorOrDestroy (internal/streams/destroy.js:108:12) at Unpack.onerror (_stream_readable.js:729:7) at Unpack.emit (events.js:310:20) at Unpack.warn (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/warn-mixin.js:19:12) at Unpack.warn (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/unpack.js:188:18) [… lines matching original stack trace …] at Unpack.[consumeChunk] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:434:21) { recoverable: false, cwd: ‘/Users/austinhunter/iga’, code: ‘TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE’, tarCode: ‘TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE’

My ionic info:

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI : 6.9.2

Utility:

   cordova-res : not installed
   native-run  : not installed

System:

   NodeJS : v12.16.3
   npm    : 6.14.4
   OS     : macOS Catalina

Other Information:

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:9

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gilbertsminkcommented, Oct 13, 2021

Found a solution that worked for me:

https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/cannot-complete-ionic-start-command/183584/3

Check if you set a proxy with

ionic config get proxy -g So, disable it:

ionic config unset proxy -g

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vpankovcommented, Dec 12, 2020

Got same error. In my case, with --verbose flag it’s showing some 400 error in connection to some proxy api.instagram.com It seems that archive link is fine, but it crashing because he can’t download it throat this proxy. Is it normal behaviour or something wrong from my side, because it seems strange, how instagram related with ionic?

UPD: Yes, it seems that it some local issue, because I don’t see any proxies in logs from other device.

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 6.11.7 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli) Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 5.5.2 @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.1000.8 @angular-devkit/schematics : 10.0.8 @angular/cli : 10.0.8 @ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.3.3

Utility:

cordova-res (update available: 0.15.2) : 0.15.1 native-run (update available: 1.3.0) : 1.0.0

System:

NodeJS : v10.16.0 (/usr/local/bin/node) npm : 6.14.8 OS : macOS Catalina

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