spfx install error

Question

Hi teams, I followed the steps in the document to set up environment. The previous steps are fine. When I run following line of command, the error occurs.

npm install @microsoft/generator-sharepoint --global

It returns following error

npm ERR! Cannot read property 'pickAlgorithm' of null

Please help

Answer 1

Hi @wave, We could fix the issue by clearing cache, please run following cmd

npm cache clear --force

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