Error encountered when installing phonegap

[Ev3rlasting]

npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open '/Users/username/.npm/tmp_a504860e8d0dtmp_55a663e60d9cpackage/package.json'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.2
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "phonegap"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/username
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.9
npm ERR! path /Users/username/.npm/tmp_a504860e8d0dtmp_55a663e60d9cpackage/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno 34
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/username/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[othiym23]

Can you put /Users/raypan/npm-debug.log into a gist and add the link to the gist here? There's a few different errors this could be, and without the full logs we can't tell.

[superus8r]

I have the same problem, here's the link to npm-debug.log file:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l70jokvu50c0tjt/npm-debug.log

[chrismeyersfsu]

#5566
try npm cache clean dep-graph
npm 1.4.14 and before has problems with complex installs like phonegap
@othiym23 close this issue?

[othiym23]

You seem to have some corrupt files in your cache. Run npm cache clean to clear them all out, then install the latest stable version of npm and this problem should be resolved.

[superus8r]

Thanks a lot, I'll check that.