NPM Install Error:Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '…nt-webpack-plugin“:”0'

Question

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

Answer 1

I resolved my problem with this one liner

npm cache clean --force

It works like a charm all the time. I love one liners. Note: since its a clean install, I had no concerns emptying npm cache.