angular - npm ERR! Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing

Question

Got the following error while executing ng new project-name in angular project

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: CircularJSON is in maintenance only, flatted is its successor.
npm ERR! Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...:"~0.0.0","webpack-de'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:UsersAbhiAppDataRoaming pm-cache_logs2018-12-13T10_24_02_151Z-debug.log
Package install failed, see above.

What I have tried :
1. npm cache clean --force
2. npm cache verify
3. npm ERR! Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...5.0","rimraf":"^2.2.8'

Current Versions:
Node : 10.14.2
NPM : 6.5.0
OS : Windows

Answer 1

You do not need to uninstall or install anything. Just

npm cache clean --force

and then

npm install

will do.