Unable to install the package

[Ștefan Malanik]

The error message I received is posted below.
I would also like to mention that my username is stefanm and I did not manage to find the file mentioned in the last error line that should be included here.

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npm ERR! Linux 5.3.0-42-generic
npm ERR! argv "/opt/atom/resources/app/apm/bin/node" "/opt/atom/resources/app/apm/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "--globalconfig" "/home/stefanm/.atom/.apm/.apmrc" "--userconfig" "/home/stefanm/.atom/.apmrc" "install" "/tmp/d-120224-7380-17ztasb.qs10chxgvi/package.tgz" "--runtime=electron" "--target=1.7.11" "--arch=x64" "--global-style"
npm ERR! node v6.9.5
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
npm ERR! file /home/stefanm/.atom/.apm/event-kit/2.5.3/package/package.json
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE

npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! No data, empty input at 1:1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! File: /home/stefanm/.atom/.apm/event-kit/2.5.3/package/package.json
npm ERR! Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! This is not a bug in npm.
npm ERR! Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /tmp/apm-install-dir-120224-7380-1aejnyv.u4qssv2t9/npm-debug.log