Cannot find module @angular/compiler-cli/src/tooling

Question

I am trying to run angular project with npm run start command but getting this error:

Cannot find module @angular/compiler-cli/src/tooling`.

Below is the result of ng --version:

Angular CLI: 7.0.7
Node: 12.14.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 7.0.4

package.json

@angular-devkit/architect         0.10.7
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.1000.4
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.1000.4
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.1000.4
@angular-devkit/core              7.0.7
@angular-devkit/schematics        7.0.7
@angular/cdk                      7.3.2
@angular/cli                      7.0.7
@angular/compiler-cli             7.2.16
@angular/material                 7.3.2
@ngtools/webpack                  10.0.4
@schematics/angular               7.0.7
@schematics/update                0.10.7
rxjs                              6.3.3
typescript                        3.1.6
webpack                           4.43.0

Answer 1

I was able to solve it by clearing the cache using npm cach clean --force and reinstalling the dependencies using npm init