[BUG] cb() never called! for install -g eslint

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What / Why

npm ERR! cb() never called! every time I try to install -g eslint

When

Everytime I try to install eslint via:
sudo npm install -g eslint

Where

$ npm -v
6.13.4
$ uname -a
Linux debian10 4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux

How

Current Behavior

Installing eslintalways crashes with an error like this:

npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://npm.community>

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-12-16T12_34_57_744Z-debug.log

I have tried npm cache clean --force but that did not help.

Steps to Reproduce

Update npm to latest and install eslint:

ms@debian10:~$ sudo npm install -g npm@latest
/usr/local/bin/npm -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
/usr/local/bin/npx -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js
+ npm@6.13.4
updated 1 package in 6.632s
ms@debian10:~$ sudo npm install -g eslint
npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://npm.community>

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-12-16T12_34_57_744Z-debug.log

Expected Behavior

The package should be installed successfully

Who

• n/a

References

Collection of similar issues in ticket #417

[versat]

Example log file of failure:
npm_cb_never_called_log.txt

[versat]

I have the same issue under Windows 7 with npm 6.12.1 (that came with node.js installation) and 6.13.4 (updated npm).
Clearing the cache does not help and npm cache verify says there is no problem.

[versat]

It works better with npm 6.7.0. At least under Linux I was able to install eslint 🎉
Under Windows the cb() issue does not happen but it simply hangs forever at some point during installation :(

[mikemimik]

Duplicate issue; aggregating into #417.