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Composer installation failed?

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Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.


  [Composer\Repository\InvalidRepositoryException]
  Invalid repository data in /home/vagrant/code/project-name/vendor/composer/installed.json, packages could not be loaded: [Seld\JsonLint\ParsingException] "/home/vagrant/co
  de/pharmazo-laravel/vendor/composer/installed.json" does not contain valid JSON
  Parse error on line 1:

  ^
  Expected one of: 'STRING', 'NUMBER', 'NULL', 'TRUE', 'FALSE', '{', '['


require [--dev] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--fixed] [--no-progress] [--no-suggest] [--no-update] [--no-scripts] [--update-no-dev] [--update-with-dependencies] [--update-wih-all-dependencies] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--prefer-stable] [--prefer-lowest] [--sort-packages] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--apcu-autoloader] [-- [<packages>]...
{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": [
        "framework",
        "laravel"
    ],
    "license": "MIT",
    "require": {
        "php": "^7.2",
        "ext-intl": "*",
        "ext-json": "*",
        "barryvdh/laravel-dompdf": "^0.8.5",
        "braintree/braintree_php": "^4.6",
        "darryldecode/cart": "~4.0",
        "digital-creative/clickable-table-row": "^0.1.4",
        "doctrine/dbal": "^2.10",
        "eminiarts/nova-tabs": "^1.2",
        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.5",
        "kitetail/zttp": "^0.6.0",
        "laravel/framework": "^6.2",
        "laravel/helpers": "^1.1",
        "laravel/nova": "~2.0",
        "laravel/passport": "^8.4",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.0",
        "spatie/laravel-permission": "^3.11",
        "typicms/nestablecollection": "^1.1"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.2",
        "facade/ignition": "^1.4",
        "fzaninotto/faker": "^1.4",
        "laravel/ui": "^1.1",
        "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
        "nunomaduro/collision": "^3.0",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^8.0"
    },
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "composer",
            "url": "https://nova.laravel.com"
        }
    ],
    "config": {
        "optimize-autoloader": true,
        "preferred-install": "dist",
        "sort-packages": true
    },
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": []
        }
    },
    "autoload": {
        "files": [
            "app/Helpers/helper.php"
        ],
        "psr-4": {
            "App\": "app/"
        },
        "classmap": [
            "database/seeds",
            "database/factories"
        ]
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Tests\": "tests/"
        }
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "prefer-stable": true,
    "scripts": {
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
        ],
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate --ansi"
        ]
    }
}

Any ideas on how to resolve these issues, I keep doing this and the error keeps coming back.

 rm -rf vendor/
composer install

I'm running on Windows 10, Homestead...

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