When Creating a new Angular 5 project:
node version: 8.9.2
npm version: 5.5.1
My Command is
npm install -g @angular/cli
Solution
npm cache clean --force
For Windows : go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache Delete all files and run
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache
npm install && npm start