Came across a similar linking issue and I wasn't able to fix it via unlinking, I had to resort to deleting the package-lock.json :(
Also, in case you weren't aware another way to npm link is to be in the directory of the project and then npm link ../../package-directory. I like it for saving me a step
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Came across a similar linking issue and I wasn't able to fix it via unlinking, I had to resort to deleting the package-lock.json :(
Also, in case you weren't aware another way to npm link is to be in the directory of the project and then
npm link ../../package-directory. I like it for saving me a step