Problem with npm install

[mPyth]

Command "npm install lite-server --save-dev" reports an error

Here is the error (from the log file):

113 http fetch GET 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io 377ms (from cache)
114 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for socket.io@2.1.1 Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...es":{"expresso":"0.9.'

The whole log file is here: https://gist.github.com/mPyth/bb8b1b5bc3df49e89e29782fba6780c9 .

Bug repro steps

npm install lite-server --save-dev

Error is shown and installation is aborted.

Environment

• lite-server version: the last one
• nodejs version: v12.18.3
• npm version: 6.14.6
• OS type/version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, Version: 10.0.18362 N/A Build 18362

[mPyth]

Remark: I could not reproduce the problem on my home computer, but on office comp I reproduced it three times (in three different directories).

[mPyth]

Problem was with npm cache. After running command npm cache clean --force install passed without problems.