'angular-cli ng fails to create new project: Err No matching version found for @angular/cli@~0.0.0

I am new to angular, it was working initially and I created some sample projects, real fun!! Then I tried to clone a project and ran npm install and since I have not been able to run (serve) any previous projects or create new ones.

When creating new projects it throws the following error:

npm ERR! code ETARGET
npm ERR! notarget No matching version found for @angular/cli@~0.0.0.
npm ERR! notarget In most cases you or one of your dependencies are requesting
npm ERR! notarget a package version that doesn't exist.
npm ERR! notarget
npm ERR! notarget It was specified as a dependency of 'hello-world'
npm ERR! notarget

I installed angular using npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

Checked the version ng --version shows 

Angular CLI: local (v0.0.0, branch: master)
Node: 12.13.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular:
...

Package                      Version
------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect    <error>
@angular-devkit/core         <error>
@angular-devkit/schematics   <error>
@schematics/angular          <error>
@schematics/update           <error>

I've tried various suggestion I found

Nothing has worked so far

I must have missed something … as the previous projects show the correct version of angular/cli when I ran ng --version

Angular CLI: local (v0.0.0, branch: master)
Node: 12.13.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 8.2.14
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... language-service, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... router

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.803.19
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.803.19
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.803.19
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.803.19
@angular-devkit/core              8.3.19
@angular-devkit/schematics        8.3.19
@angular/cdk                      8.2.3
@angular/cli                      8.3.19
@angular/material                 8.2.3
@ngtools/webpack                  8.3.19
@schematics/angular               8.3.19
@schematics/update                0.803.19
rxjs                              6.4.0
typescript                        3.5.3
webpack                           4.39.2
node.jsangularangular-cli


Solution 1:[1]

I have Nodejs already installed on my machine. Here are the steps that I followed to attempt to reproduce:

  1. Installed the Angular CLI by running npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

  2. Checked Angular version by running ng --version which gave me the following:

    Angular CLI: 8.3.19 
Node: 10.15.3

  3. Cloned an example Angular project. I used this one: https://github.com/DeborahK/Angular-GettingStarted

  4. In the new directory, I ran the following: 

    npm install && npm update

And finally, I ran ng serve which successfully initiated my web application and hosted on localhost:4200

I would suggest removing the currently installed Angular package on your machine (global location and local location). Then reinstall Angular and try once more.

Solution 2:[2]

Make sure you don't have the old CLI package installed, run:

npm uninstall -g angular-cli
npm uninstall -g @angular/cli

Then run:

npm install -g @angular/cli

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Solution Source
Solution 1 s.remp
Solution 2 Damian C

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