npm not working after clearing cache

Question

Before clearing cache

npm cache clear

npm is working fine. After clearing cache, it is not working. The error log below suggest problem wi

Answer 1

Environment path may have been removed.

Check it by typing,

npm config get prefix

This must be the location where the npm binaries are found.

In windows, c:/users/username/AppData/Roaming/npm is the place where they are found.

Add this location to the environment variable. It should work fine.

(Control Panel -> Search for 'Environment Variables' and click on a button with that name -> edit Path -> add the above location)

Answer 2

at npm@6.8.0 the command that is been supported is npm cache verify

Answer 3

I had to install the latest version of NodeJS. That worked out for me.

Answer 4

This worked for me:

npm cache clean --force 

Answer 5

try this one npm cache clean --force after that run npm cache verify

Answer 6

"As of npm@5, the npm cache self-heals from corruption issues and data extracted from the cache is guaranteed to be valid. If you want to make sure everything is consistent, use

npm cache verify

instead."