npm install not working

Hi Mark. Using the command exactly as you wrote it, has just worked for me. I'm on Windows 7 and using the terminal that comes with Visual Studio Code.

That said, you are not alone...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38040479/trying-to-install-angular-2-material-from-npm-unrecognized-token-in-source-tex

... Reading this, it seems the problem can occur depending on which terminal you are using. They mention Windows Powershell being problematic and sure enough, when I tried that, it failed just like you said.

So I tried a suggested solution ...

npm install "@angular/http@2.4.2" --save --save-exact

... and this worked with Windows Powershell. So you have 2 options, try this or try a different terminal.

Thanks Neil. I came to conclusion as well. I am using something called Cmder now and that works fine.