How to fix npm ERR! code EBADTAR npm ERR! Invalid tarball format in npm

# Remove dependencies and lock file
rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json

# Clear npm cache completely
npm cache clean --force

# Verify cache integrity
npm cache verify

# Reinstall
npm install

npm install --verbose

# Even more detailed
npm install --loglevel=silly

npm WARN tar TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format for [email protected]

# Check registry URL
npm config get registry
# Should be: https://registry.npmjs.org/

# Reset if wrong
npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

# Check for proxy issues
npm config get proxy
npm config get https-proxy

# Remove proxy if not needed
npm config delete proxy
npm config delete https-proxy

fetch-timeout=60000
fetch-retry-mintimeout=20000
fetch-retry-maxtimeout=120000
fetch-retries=5

npm install

# Linux/macOS
df -h

# Need at least 1GB free
# If low, clean up:
npm cache clean --force
rm -rf node_modules

# Update npm
npm install -g npm@latest

# Verify versions
node --version
npm --version

# Reinstall project
rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json
npm install