I tried to delete npm_cache and install the latest version of npm, but it didn't work. I have no additional ideas because I searched all the similar questions with the same error. I can't even npm install, though global installations work. This error is only present within this project. Installations in other projects on my machine work as usual.
npm install axios
npm WARN tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
npm WARN tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
npm WARN tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
npm WARN tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
npm WARN tar TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
npm ERR! code TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE
npm ERR! TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2021-02-14T22_59_28_705Z-debug.log
Here is what it logs when I try npm install axios -verbose.
0 verbose cli [
0 verbose cli 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
0 verbose cli 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
0 verbose cli 'install',
0 verbose cli 'axios'
0 verbose cli ]
1 info using npm@7.5.4
2 info using node@v15.0.0
3 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 3ms
4 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\npmrc Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 1ms
6 timing config:load:cli Completed in 3ms
7 timing config:load:env Completed in 1ms
8 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\User\Desktop\ecommerce\ecommerce\.npmrc Completed in 0ms
9 timing config:load:project Completed in 1ms
10 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\User\.npmrc Completed in 0ms
11 timing config:load:user Completed in 0ms
12 timing config:load:file:C:\Program Files\nodejs\etc\npmrc Completed in 1ms
13 timing config:load:global Completed in 1ms
14 timing config:load:cafile Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:validate Completed in 0ms
16 timing config:load:setUserAgent Completed in 1ms
17 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 2ms
18 timing config:load Completed in 13ms
19 verbose npm-session 2948ad5d93d129dc
20 timing npm:load Completed in 33ms
21 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 2ms
22 timing idealTree:init Completed in 1806ms
23 timing idealTree:userRequests Completed in 9ms
24 silly idealTree buildDeps
25 silly fetch manifest homepage@https://xyz.github.io/ecommerce
26 warn tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
27 silly tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure {
27 silly tar header: Header {
27 silly tar cksumValid: false,
27 silly tar needPax: false,
27 silly tar nullBlock: false,
27 silly tar block: null,
27 silly tar path: '<!DOCTYPE html>\n' +
27 silly tar '<html lang="en">\n' +
27 silly tar ' <head>\n' +
27 silly tar ' <meta charset="utf-8" />\n' +
27 silly tar ' <meta name="viewport" con',
27 silly tar mode: null,
27 silly tar uid: null,
27 silly tar gid: null,
27 silly tar size: null,
27 silly tar mtime: null,
27 silly tar cksum: null,
27 silly tar linkpath: ' name="description"\n' +
27 silly tar ' content="Web site created using create-react-app"\n' +
27 silly tar ' />\n' +
27 silly tar ' <link\n' +
27 silly tar ' ',
27 silly tar uname: null,
27 silly tar gname: null,
27 silly tar devmaj: 0,
27 silly tar devmin: 0,
27 silly tar atime: null,
27 silly tar ctime: null,
27 silly tar [Symbol(type)]: ' '
27 silly tar },
27 silly tar cwd: 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_cacache\\tmp\\b7842840',
27 silly tar code: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID',
27 silly tar tarCode: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID'
27 silly tar }
28 warn tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
29 silly tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure {
29 silly tar header: Header {
29 silly tar cksumValid: false,
29 silly tar needPax: false,
29 silly tar nullBlock: false,
29 silly tar block: null,
29 silly tar path: ' type="image/png"\n' +
29 silly tar ' sizes="16x16"\n' +
29 silly tar ' href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon-16x16.png"\n' +
29 silly tar ' />\n' +
29 silly tar ' <link r',
29 silly tar mode: null,
29 silly tar uid: null,
29 silly tar gid: null,
29 silly tar size: null,
29 silly tar mtime: null,
29 silly tar cksum: null,
29 silly tar linkpath: 'mask-icon" href="/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5bbad5" />\n' +
29 silly tar ' <meta name="msapplication-TileColor"',
29 silly tar uname: null,
29 silly tar gname: null,
29 silly tar devmaj: 0,
29 silly tar devmin: 0,
29 silly tar atime: null,
29 silly tar ctime: null,
29 silly tar [Symbol(type)]: '"'
29 silly tar },
29 silly tar cwd: 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_cacache\\tmp\\b7842840',
29 silly tar code: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID',
29 silly tar tarCode: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID'
29 silly tar }
30 warn tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
31 silly tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure {
31 silly tar header: Header {
31 silly tar cksumValid: false,
31 silly tar needPax: false,
31 silly tar nullBlock: false,
31 silly tar block: null,
31 silly tar path: 'pp-manifest/\n' +
31 silly tar ' -->\n' +
31 silly tar ' <link rel="manifest" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/manifest.json" />\n' +
31 silly tar ' <!--\n' +
31 silly tar ' No',
31 silly tar mode: null,
31 silly tar uid: null,
31 silly tar gid: null,
31 silly tar size: null,
31 silly tar mtime: null,
31 silly tar cksum: null,
31 silly tar linkpath: 'will be replaced with the URL of the `public` folder during the build.\n' +
31 silly tar ' Only files inside the `',
31 silly tar uname: null,
31 silly tar gname: null,
31 silly tar devmaj: 0,
31 silly tar devmin: 0,
31 silly tar atime: null,
31 silly tar ctime: null,
31 silly tar [Symbol(type)]: ' '
31 silly tar },
31 silly tar cwd: 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_cacache\\tmp\\b7842840',
31 silly tar code: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID',
31 silly tar tarCode: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID'
31 silly tar }
32 warn tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure
33 silly tar TAR_ENTRY_INVALID checksum failure {
33 silly tar header: Header {
33 silly tar cksumValid: false,
33 silly tar needPax: false,
33 silly tar nullBlock: false,
33 silly tar block: null,
33 silly tar path: ' by running `npm run build`.\n' +
33 silly tar ' -->\n' +
33 silly tar ' <link\n' +
33 silly tar ' rel="stylesheet"\n' +
33 silly tar ' href="https://maxcdn.boo',
33 silly tar mode: null,
33 silly tar uid: null,
33 silly tar gid: null,
33 silly tar size: 4,
33 silly tar mtime: null,
33 silly tar cksum: null,
33 silly tar linkpath: ' integrity="sha384-9aIt2nRpC12Uk9gS9baDl411NQApFmC26EwAOH8WgZl5MYYxFfc+NcPb1dKGj7Sk"\n' +
33 silly tar ' crossori',
33 silly tar uname: null,
33 silly tar gname: null,
33 silly tar devmaj: 0,
33 silly tar devmin: 0,
33 silly tar atime: null,
33 silly tar ctime: null,
33 silly tar [Symbol(type)]: ' '
33 silly tar },
33 silly tar cwd: 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_cacache\\tmp\\b7842840',
33 silly tar code: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID',
33 silly tar tarCode: 'TAR_ENTRY_INVALID'
33 silly tar }
34 warn tar TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
35 silly tar Error: TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
35 silly tar at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\warn-mixin.js:19:40)
35 silly tar at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\unpack.js:189:18)
35 silly tar at Unpack.<anonymous> (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:81:14)
35 silly tar at Unpack.emit (node:events:339:22)
35 silly tar at Unpack.[emit] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:285:12)
35 silly tar at Unpack.[maybeEnd] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:401:17)
35 silly tar at Unpack.[consumeChunk] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:432:21)
35 silly tar at Unpack.write (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:364:25)
35 silly tar at Unpack.end (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:477:14)
35 silly tar at Yallist.<anonymous> (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\minipass\index.js:396:18)
35 silly tar Error: TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
35 silly tar at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\warn-mixin.js:19:40)
35 silly tar at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\unpack.js:189:18)
35 silly tar at Unpack.<anonymous> (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:81:14)
35 silly tar at Unpack.emit (node:events:339:22)
35 silly tar at Unpack.[emit] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:285:12)
35 silly tar at Unpack.[maybeEnd] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:401:17)
35 silly tar at Unpack.[consumeChunk] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:432:21)
35 silly tar at Unpack.write (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:364:25)
35 silly tar at Unpack.end (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:477:14)
35 silly tar at Yallist.<anonymous> (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\minipass\index.js:396:18) {
35 silly tar recoverable: false,
35 silly tar cwd: 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_cacache\\tmp\\b7842840',
35 silly tar code: 'TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE',
35 silly tar tarCode: 'TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE'
35 silly tar }
36 http fetch GET 200 https://xyz.github.io/ecommerce/ 2815ms
37 silly fetch manifest axios@*
38 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/axios 178ms
39 silly placeDep ROOT axios@0.21.1 OK for: ecommerce@0.1.0 want: *
40 silly placeDep ROOT homepage@ OK for: ecommerce@0.1.0 want: https://xyz.github.io/ecommerce
41 timing idealTree:#root Completed in 3124ms
42 timing idealTree:node_modules/axios Completed in 0ms
43 timing idealTree:node_modules/homepage Completed in 0ms
44 timing idealTree:buildDeps Completed in 3127ms
45 timing idealTree:fixDepFlags Completed in 23ms
46 timing idealTree Completed in 4968ms
47 timing command:install Completed in 5002ms
48 verbose stack Error: TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
48 verbose stack at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\warn-mixin.js:19:40)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.warn (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\unpack.js:189:18)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.<anonymous> (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:81:14)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.emit (node:events:339:22)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.[emit] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:285:12)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.[maybeEnd] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:401:17)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.[consumeChunk] (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:432:21)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.write (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:364:25)
48 verbose stack at Unpack.end (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\tar\lib\parse.js:477:14)
48 verbose stack at Yallist.<anonymous> (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\minipass\index.js:396:18)
49 verbose cwd C:\Users\User\Desktop\ecommerce\ecommerce
50 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.19041
51 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "axios"
52 verbose node v15.0.0
53 verbose npm v7.5.4
54 error code TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE
55 error TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format
56 verbose exit 1
In the end, I tried to reinstall Node and error was gone. Also try cleaning cache before it.