When I run `npm install`, it returns with `ERR! code EINTEGRITY` (npm 5.3.0)

Question

I am getting this error while running sudo npm install. On my server, npm was installed earlier. I've tried to delete the package-lock.json file, and ran npm cache clean --force, but it didn't work.

My npm version is 5.3.0.

The error:

npm ERR! code EINTEGRITY
npm ERR! sha512-MKiLiV+I1AA596t9w1sQJ8jkiSr5+ZKi0WKrYGUn6d1Fx+Ij4tIj+m2WMQSGczs5jZVxV339chE8iwk6F64wjA== integrity checksum failed when using sha512: wanted sha512-MKiLiV+I1AA596t9w1sQJ8jkiSr5+ZKi0WKrYGUn6d1Fx+Ij4tIj+m2WMQSGczs5jZVxV339chE8iwk6F64wjA== but got sha512-WXI95kpJrxw4Nnx8vVI90PuUhrQjnNgghBl5tn54rUNKZYbxv+4ACxUzPVpJEtWxKmeDwnQrzjc0C2bYmRJVKg==. (65117 bytes)

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2017-11-29T05_33_52_182Z-debug.log

Answer 1

See https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/16861

This worked for me:
npm cache verify

Then I re-ran:
npm install -g create-react-app

And it installed like as expected: Issue resolved

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Other solutions mentioned in the github issue include:

npm cache clean --force

OR

Deleting npm and npm-cache folders in Users%username%\AppData\Roaming (windows 7) and running npm install

OR

Update npm by via npm i -g npm

OR

Delete package-lock.json

OR

npm cache verify

OR

npm cache clean

OR

Do these steps to fix the problem:

1. Find all outdated packages and update theme:
   npm outdated -g
sudo npm i -g outDatedPKG
2. Upgrade npm to latest version with:
   sudo npm i -g npm
3. Delete package-lock.json file.
4. Delete _cacache directory in ~/.npm: npm cache verify
5. Every time I get that error, do steps 2 & 3.
6. If you still get the error, clear npm's cache:
   npm cache clean --force

OR

1. Add proxy to .npmrc in ~ directory:

proxy=http://localhost:8123
https-proxy=http://localhost:8123

2. Try again! slow internet connection and censorship may cause this ugly problem.

OR

npm cache clear --force && npm install --no-shrinkwrap --update-binary

OR

npm config set package-lock false