Getting EJSONPARSE error on running 'npm install -g @angular/cli'

[RohitRane]

Please provide us with the following information:

OS?

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Versions.

N/A. Unable to install angular-cli itself

Repro steps.

I ran 'npm install -g @angular/cli'

The log given by the failure.

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.1: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-64-generic
npm ERR! argv "/home/mymachine/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.2/bin/node" "/home/mymachine/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.2/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "@angular/cli"
npm ERR! node v6.9.2
npm ERR! npm v3.10.9
npm ERR! file /home/mymachine/.npm/html-entities/1.2.0/package/package.json
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE

npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! No data, empty input at 1:1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! File: /home/mymachine/.npm/html-entities/1.2.0/package/package.json
npm ERR! Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! This is not a bug in npm.
npm ERR! Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/mymachine/RnD/angular-cli/npm-debug.log

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[markpeterfejes]

Can you please attach your /home/mymachine/.npm/html-entities/1.2.0/package/package.json file? :)

[RohitRane]

Hi @markfejes sorry for the delayed response, was on a vacation. The file that you asked for '/home/mymachine/.npm/html-entities/1.2.0/package/package.json' exists in my machine but it is completely empty.

[filipesilva]

You seem to have a broken package, html-entities. Try removing it and then you should be able to install the CLI.

[RohitRane]

I tried npm remove -g html-entities. But the problem persists.

[RohitRane]

npm cache clean

Does the job. After that I ran npm install -g @angular/cli again.

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