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Error installing jest with npm

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🐛 Bug Report

Hi all, when I try to install jest into a new project using npm install jest -D I’m getting an error that Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '....tgz"}},"13.2.1":{"na'

To Reproduce

Run npm install jest -D on a project that doesn’t already have jest installed.

$ npm install --save-dev jest
npm ERR! Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '....tgz"}},"13.2.1":{"na'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-05-30T21_32_07_851Z-debug.log

Expected behavior

Should install jest to the current project without an error.

Run `npx envinfo --preset jest`

npm ERR! Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...yZn8LL2jCxQQBj9HtJZ\n'

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:5

Top GitHub Comments

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thymikeecommented, May 31, 2019

Because if it was jest, this issue would have like a 100+ upvotes already

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github-actions[bot]commented, May 11, 2021

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