cypress 9.7.0 installation hangs at (Installing cypress 9.7.0)

Question

initially installed through npm install , when trying to open cypress it is showing No version of Cypress is installed in: C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Local\Cypress\Cache\9.7.0\Cypress

after that tried ./node_modules/.bin/cypress install , then it is showing Installing Cypress (version: 9.7.0)

Cypress 9.7.0 installation hangs,

node version used: v16.15.0

Answer 1

Try below:

npm install cypress --save-dev

npm audit --force

npm i