bug: Error running subprocess capacitor right after starting project

[scarela]

There is an error showing up right after starting a new ionic app with capacitor integration just by following commands in the tutorial.

Capacitor Version

Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 3.1.2 @capacitor/core: 3.1.2 @capacitor/android: 3.1.2 @capacitor/ios: 3.1.2

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/android: not installed @capacitor/ios: not installed @capacitor/cli: 3.1.2 @capacitor/core: 3.1.2

Platform(s)

OpenSuse Leap 15.2

Current Behavior

Get this error when creating a new app: ` error: unknown option '--npm-client' [ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess capacitor.

    capacitor init myApp io.ionic.starter --web-dir www --npm-client npm exited with exit code 1.

`

Expected Behavior

The app should be created without any issues if I have @ionic/cli and @capacitor/cli on their latests versions.

Code Reproduction

Either $ ionic start myApp sidemenu --type=angular --capacitor or $ ionic start myApp sidemenu will produce the same output.

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: v6.14.13

node --version output: v14.17.3

pod --version output (iOS issues only):

Additional Context

[thomasvidas]

--npm-client is not an option in the Capacitor 3 CLI so does removing it fix this issue? I can take a look at the docs and update them accordingly

[scarela]

--npm-client is not an option in the Capacitor 3 CLI so does removing it fix this issue? I can take a look at the docs and update them accordingly

Yes, running it witout --npm-client fixes the issue. Thanks, appreciate it.

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