How to solve the error while installing packages in Atom

Question

whenever i tried to install a package in atom a get an error as mention bellow

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Installing “platformio-ide-terminal@2.10.1” failed.Hide output… npm ERR: code Z_BUF_ERROR npm ERR: errno -5 npm ERR: zlib. unexpected end of file npm ERR. A complete log of this run can be found in. npm ERR! C:\Users\A.atom.apm_logs\2021-02-07T09_09_47_927Z-debug.log **

please help me to solve this problem.

This is the visuals of the error

Answer 1

1. Close all atom windows.
2. Rename ~/.atom directory in your /username folder to something else or just delete it.
3. Restart Atom.
4. Now try to install package.