I used ionic start myApp blank and I got this error:
$ ionic start myApp blank
Creating Ionic app in folder c:\Users\Karimi\Desktop\myApp based on blank project
Downloading: https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-base/archive/master.zip
Error Initializing app: Error: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN
at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:746:11)
at errnoException (dns.js:49:15)
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:94:26)
Error: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN
at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:746:11)
at errnoException (dns.js:49:15)
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:94:26)
getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN (CLI v1.6.1)
Your system information:
Cordova CLI: 5.1.1
Ionic CLI Version: 1.6.1
Ionic App Lib Version: 0.3.3
OS: Windows 7 SP1
Node Version: v0.12.7
As you can read on the GitHub issues here:
So this seems like a DNS lookup timed out. I don't think this is a npm issue rather than some issue with your internet connection. Manpage recommends trying again later.
Additionally, you can try updating your npm with sudo npm install npm -g.