ERROR: native-run was not found on your PATH. (Ionic 4)

Out of nowhere, being able to deploy my app to android in the recent past I am now receiving this error when trying to run 'ionic cordova run android'

[ERROR] native-run was not found on your PATH. Please install it globally: npm i -g native-run

When I run 'ionic info' under Utilities I see cordova-res and native-run are installed, but still this error recurs, every time.

Sidenote: 'npm i -g native-run' does not resolve this issue, the error just recurs

Performing ls /usr/local/lib/node_modules returns: 'ionic cordova npm' (no sign of native-run, which should be there)

Is there a way I can install it directly to that location? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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