npm install fails

[yui1993]

Describe the problem:

NPM install fails whenever i run npm install tailwindcss i get these errors

73 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for resolve@^1.14.2 Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...0","array.prototype.m'
74 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 3ms
75 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 6280ms
76 verbose stack SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...0","array.prototype.m'
76 verbose stack at JSON.parse ()
76 verbose stack at parseJson (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\json-parse-better-errors\index.js:7:17)
76 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-fetch-npm\src\body.js:96:50
76 verbose stack at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)
77 verbose cwd C:\Users\michael\Documents\tailwind-chat
78 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.19041
79 verbose argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "tailwindcss"
80 verbose node v12.18.3
81 verbose npm v6.14.6
82 error Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...0","array.prototype.m'
83 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Link to a minimal reproduction:

[gsimone]

try these steps:

1. npm cache clean --force
2. delete node_modules and package-lock.json
3. npm install