error while npm install "is-running" module

[npeditto]

Hi,

I'm getting an error when I try to install "is-running" module (during the last week I installed it successfully)... below the output error:

npm install -g is-running

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/is-running
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/is-running
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm ERR! SyntaxError: Unexpected token
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npm ERR! at Object.parse (native)
npm ERR! at RegClient. (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/request.js:238:23)
npm ERR! at Request.self.callback (/usr/lib/nodejs/request/index.js:148:22)
npm ERR! at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
npm ERR! at Request. (/usr/lib/nodejs/request/index.js:896:14)
npm ERR! at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
npm ERR! at IncomingMessage. (/usr/lib/nodejs/request/index.js:847:12)
npm ERR! at IncomingMessage.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
npm ERR! at _stream_readable.js:920:16
npm ERR! at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com

npm ERR! System Linux 3.19.0-25-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "is-running"
npm ERR! cwd /root
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.10
npm ERR! type unexpected_token
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Is there some problem in the npm repo?

Thank you in advance!

Nicola

[othiym23]

Closing as duplicate of #12196. See that issue for details and resolution. Thanks!