npm install: failed to parse package.json

[DennisAhaus]

Just wanted to install event-stream via npm with command:
npm install event-stream -g
but i only got the same error:

`$ npm install event-stream -g
npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! Unexpected end of input
npm ERR! File: C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\stream-combiner\0.0.4\package\package.jso
n
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! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! command "c:\dev\nodejs\node.exe" "c:\dev\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "
install" "event-stream" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd z:\myService
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.29
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.14
npm ERR! file C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\stream-combiner\0.0.4\package\package.json

npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! z:\myService\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0`

[dominictarr]

this works fine for me - can you try this again?

[nmccready]

For me my /Users/{username}/.npm/* must have been corrupted . Blowing away the directory resolved the issue!

[DennisAhaus]

Thx for hints. After npm cache clean everything works. My fault 👍

[vanishcode]

For npm@5 ,npm cache clean --force works.

[rajkuttie]

Don't put any comment line on package.json File

[EmadAdly]

can you try this npm cache verify

[varunrajasekhar]

try running "npm init" in your root folder i.e. Eg: C:\Apps\reactApp

[ryanmalone]

npm cache clean did it for me too!

[MrAurochs]

The npm cache verify, npm cache clean stuff did not work for me at all.

[hkirkan]

first install with
npm install -g ionic
and create new project this code ionic start MyApp -tabs
and using arrow select "tabs" and press enter will ask a question and press 'Y' press enter
okey?