Cannot create new project

[segvndo]

Which package manager are you using? (Yarn is recommended)

npm

Summary

I was trying to create a new project, but keep running into this error:

Error: Could not parse JSON returned from "npm pack expo-template-blank@latest --dry-run".

expo-template-blank-49.0.14.tgz

Error: Unexpected token e in JSON at position 0

Minimal reproducible example

npx create-expo-app my-app
✖ Something went wrong in downloading and extracting the project files: Could not parse JSON returned from "npm pack expo-template-blank@latest --dry-run".

expo-template-blank-49.0.14.tgz

Error: Unexpected token e in JSON at position 0
Error: Could not parse JSON returned from "npm pack expo-template-blank@latest --dry-run".

expo-template-blank-49.0.14.tgz

Error: Unexpected token e in JSON at position 0

[dmrcnr]

You should check and make sure you use the latest version of NPM. You can run the following command:
npm install npm@latest

[EvanBacon]

Cannot repro

[ayrtoncu]

I have the same error and already lost 2 days trying to solve it, did you find the solution?