I am getting this error while running sudo npm install. On my server, npm was installed earlier. I\'ve tried to delete the package-lock.json file,
SherylHohman's answer solved the issue I had, but only after I switched my internet connection. Intitially, I was on the hard-line connection at work, and I switched to the WiFi connection at work, but that still didn't work.
As a last resort, I switched my WiFi to a pocket-WiFi, and running the following worked well:
npm cache verify
npm install -g create-react-app
create-react-app app-name
Hope this helps others.