error while installing on windows

[hmdhk]

npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE

npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! Unexpected token '\u0000' at 1:1
npm ERR!

npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! File: C:\Users~\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\inherits\2.0.1\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

[cbraynor]

This specific error is referencing the module inherits which is not specifically required by firebase-tools. I suspect if a release of that module caused it, it's probably been fixed by now. Try running npm install -g firebase-tools again to see if it works, and if not you might need to clear your npm cache again (npm cache clean) before trying again.

If you still can't get it to work, feel free to re-open the issue with some more information about your environment such as node version (node --version) and npm version (npm --version)