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I need to use Ionic 4 instead of 5 due to compatibility reasons. How can I initialise a new ionic 4 project?

According to Ionic CLI docs

Use the --type option to start projects using older versions of Ionic.

But doing this does not help.

HP:project user$ ionic start --list

Starters for @ionic/angular (--type=angular)

name         | description
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tabs         | A starting project with a simple tabbed interface
sidemenu     | A starting project with a side menu with navigation in the content area
blank        | A blank starter project
list         | A starting project with a list
my-first-app | An example application that builds a camera with gallery
conference   | A kitchen-sink application that shows off all Ionic has to offer


Starters for @ionic/react (--type=react)

name         | description
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blank        | A blank starter project
list         | A starting project with a list
my-first-app | An example application that builds a camera with gallery
sidemenu     | A starting project with a side menu with navigation in the content area
tabs         | A starting project with a simple tabbed interface
conference   | A kitchen-sink application that shows off all Ionic has to offer


Starters for Ionic 2/3 (--type=ionic-angular)

name     | description
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tabs     | A starting project with a simple tabbed interface
sidemenu | A starting project with a side menu with navigation in the content area
blank    | A blank starter project
super    | A starting project complete with pre-built pages, providers and best practices for Ionic development.
tutorial | A tutorial based project that goes along with the Ionic documentation
aws      | AWS Mobile Hub Starter


Starters for Ionic 1 (--type=ionic1)

name     | description
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tabs     | A starting project for Ionic using a simple tabbed interface
sidemenu | A starting project for Ionic using a side menu with navigation in the content area
blank    | A blank starter project for Ionic
maps     | An Ionic starter project using Google Maps and a side menu

environment

Had installed current CLI version using

npm i -g @ionic/cli
secretshardul
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    Not a good idea but you can downgrade your CLI to create project and upgrade CLi again. – Najam Us Saqib Mar 19 '20 at 08:06
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    Any idea of specifically requesting version 5 instead of 6 I tried --type=ionic5 but the stupid thing does not recognize it. The doc as usual is designed for martians. – Meryan Jun 04 '22 at 03:37

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For some reason, making the command all together like this: 
Ionic start myProject tabs --type=angular (which is ionic 4),  doesn't work, it show some errors like this: [ERROR] Network connectivity error occurred, are you offline? which is already been reported to the ionic team yesterday https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/issues/20795,
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There is no easy way yet. Try making a project folder from the src here: https://github.com/ionic-team/starters/tree/main/angular But, look at the history and search for a point where it was updated to the angular version you are interested in using.
Copy the full SHA for that history item and use it in the link like this: https://github.com/ionic-team/starters/tree/dc48a925b5455e97099858428d2a74cc113bea47/angular Copy the code from the base folder for a plain project and then merge the code from the official/{starter type} folder.

Duane Wagner
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