npm ERR! registry error parsing json - While trying to install Cordova for Ionic Framework in Windows 8

Question

I was trying to instal Ionic framework in my Windows 8 system and was trying to install Cordova first.

I\'m getting this error while trying to install Cordova, that

Answer 1

npm config set registry "http://registry.npmjs.org"

Solved the issue for me. Note that it wouldn't accecpt a forward slash at the end of the url and it had to be entered exactly as shown above.