Angular-cli: 'x' @angular/cli not working after installation

[mumarm45]

I have installed the @angular/cli on my MacBook machine(Sierra). Node server version is v6.9.5 and the npm version is 3.10.10. I have ran the following command to install the @angular/cli.

sudo npm install -g @angular-cli
When I run the ng --version command or any command for ng. It shows me the following error

Parsing .angular-cli.json failed. Please make sure your .angular-cli.json is valid JSON. Error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 22 InvalidConfigError: Parsing .angular-cli.json failed. Please make sure your .angular-cli.json is valid JSON. Error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 22 at InvalidConfigError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/models/config/config.js:10:9) at Function.fromConfigPath (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/models/config/config.js:77:19) at Function.fromProject (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/models/config.js:96:46) at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/commands/build.js:7:35) at Module._compile (module.js:570:32) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10) at Module.load (module.js:487:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3) at Module.require (module.js:497:17)

I also uninstalled and @angualr/cli and clear the cache then reinstalled @angualr/cli. I run the following command.

sudo npm uninstall -g @angular/cli 
npm cache clean sudo 
npm install -g @angular/cli

I googled it and someone saying The format of angular-cli.json has changed couple of times. Maybe you still have an old version. Can you post your JSON somewhere with a link so we can have a look what might be wrong with it? –

There is no file for this name on whole machine.

[RicardoVaranda]

Seems like a dup of #6087 and #5669

According to the OP on 6087, deleting the .angular-cli.json fixed it for him.

[mumarm45]

Not able to find the angular-cli.json. Could it be possible for you to share the path of the file?
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli
Above is the path.

[RicardoVaranda]

It should be in your home directory,

Open your terminal and find your HOME path with the following command:
printenv

look for the HOME= variable, for me the result is:
HOME=/Users/ricardo_varanda

So then you would do the following:

rm /Users/ricardo_varanda/.angular-cli.json

[mumarm45]

No there is no file for this name in the HOME path.

[mumarm45]

Thank you so much. Resolve the issue by deleting the file from the HOME. It was hidden.
BTW why we need to delete the file?

[RicardoVaranda]

The file was generated by an old version of the cli, possibly even the old package angular-cli, which had a different format for .angular-cli.json

[Brocco]

Nice work @RicardoVaranda, glad this is resolved fo ryou @mumarm45.... closing

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