npm ERR! Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near...

Actual Behavior:

User tries to install npm packages using npm i, and gets an error message saying:

npm ERR! Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near...

Possible Solutions:

• Clear the npm cache:

npm cache clean --force

• Try updating to the latest npm:

npm i npm@latest -g

• Try deleting package-lock.json file. It keeps track of exact version of every package that is installed.

rm package-lock.json