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

If npm cache clean --force doesn't resolve the issue, try deleting the ~/.npm directory (*nix/macOS). This is the directory where node stores its cache, locks, logs, global packages (unless you're using nvm), and modules installed via npx.

First, backup your current ~./npm directory:

mv ~/.npm ~/.npm-backup

Now try running your npm command again. This will create a new ~/.npm directory. If the issue is resolved, you can safely remove you backup. Before doing so, you may want to review the global packages installed in your ~/.npm-backup directory so you can reinstall them using npm i -g [package].

rm -rf ~/.npm-backup

If the issue is not resolved, you can restore your backup:

rm -rf ~/.npm
mv ~/.npm-backup ~/.npm

Careful with those rm commands, folks!