Error on "meteor create" command

Been using Meteor successfully for last 2 years but now getting this error when try to create a new project. I´ve already tried uninstalling and installing meteor but get same error.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to resolve.Thanks.

/home/bob/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_6.p5x5m7++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/tools/cli/dev-bundle.js:117
throw e;
^

Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, stat '/.meteor/release’
at Error (native)
at Object.fs.statSync (fs.js:844:18)
at statOrNull (/home/bob/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_6.p5x5m7++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/tools/cli/dev-bundle.js:114:19)
at /home/bob/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_6.p5x5m7++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/tools/cli/dev-bundle.js:155:12
at find (/home/bob/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_6.p5x5m7++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/tools/cli/dev-bundle.js:141:9)
at getDevBundleDir (/home/bob/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_6.p5x5m7++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/tools/cli/dev-bundle.js:19:21)
at Object. (/home/bob/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_6.p5x5m7++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/tools/cli/dev-bundle.js:176:18)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)