SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...","tarball":"https://'

[clowiee]

Bug Report or Feature Request (mark with an x)

- [x ] bug report -> please search issues before submitting
- [ ] feature request

Area

- [ x] devkit
- [ ] schematics

Versions

node v8.11.3
npm v6.1.0
Windows 7 x84

Repro steps

1. When executing ng new my-app-name

The log given by the failure

error: SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...","tarball":"https://'
complete error log:
2018-06-20T03_52_10_796Z-debug.log

Desired functionality

To successfully create/generate new angular project

Mention any other details that might be useful

trying to fix this by running the commands below but the error still exist

npm cache clean --force
npm cache verify

[clydin]

This seems like a problem with node/npm and not with Angular CLI.

Please have a look at the fixing npm permissions page, common errors page, npm issue tracker, or open a new issue in that issue tracker if the problem you are experiencing isn't known.

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