The error output was: This version of CLI is only compatible with Angular versions 0.0.0 || ^11.0.0-beta || >=11.0.0 <12.0.0, code example

Example: This version of CLI is only compatible with Angular versions ^9.0.0-beta || >=9.0.0 <10.0.0, but Angular version 8.1.3 was found instead.

npm uninstall -g @angular/cli
npm cache clean
npm install -g @angular/cli@8.3.25