Installing npm package fails with 404

Question

Using the command prompt, I am trying to install angular CLI and it fails. I have npm version 5.5.1 and node version v8.9.1. I am trying to install angular cli using the com

Answer 1

Try first this commands (in windows run as administrator)

npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org
npm install -g @angular/cli

if still not working let's update NPM and nodejs by running this commands

npm -g install npm
npm cache clean -f
npm install -g n

then try to run

npm install -g @angular/cli

This should solve this problem