npm install error

[Bbertatum]

npm ERR! code Z_DATA_ERROR
npm ERR! errno -3
npm ERR! invalid distance too far back

From the debug log :

67 verbose stack Error: invalid distance too far back
67 verbose stack at Zlib.zlibOnError [as onerror] (zlib.js:154:17)
68 verbose cwd /home/uptime/uptime
69 verbose FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p18
70 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
71 verbose node v10.12.0
72 verbose npm v6.4.1
73 error code Z_DATA_ERROR
74 error errno -3
75 error invalid distance too far back
76 verbose exit [ -3, true ]