Error 128 when running: npm install -g homebridge-vera

[jnutwood]

I'm opening this issue because:

• npm is crashing.
• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• [X ] npm is doing something I don't understand.
• npm is producing incorrect or undesirable behavior.
• Other (see below for feature requests):

What's going wrong?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm install -g homebridge-vera

npm ERR! code 128
npm ERR! Command failed: /usr/bin/git clone -q git://github.com/KhaosT/ed25519.git /root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-388a52e4
npm ERR! fatal: could not create leading directories of '/root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-388a52e4': Permission denied
npm ERR!

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2018-04-15T20_58_22_780Z-debug.log
pi@raspberrypi:~ $
pi@raspberrypi:~ $
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

I have tried to gather the log and the path is invalid and there is no log that is generated

supporting information:

• npm -v prints: 5.8.0

• node -v prints: v8.11.1

• npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/

• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?: RASPBIAN
  RASPBIAN STRETCH WITH DESKTOP

• Network issues:

  • Geographic location where npm was run:
  • I use a proxy to connect to the npm registry.
  • I use a proxy to connect to the web.
  • I use a proxy when downloading Git repos.
  • I access the npm registry via a VPN
  • I don't use a proxy, but have limited or unreliable internet access.

• Container:

  • I develop using Vagrant on Windows.
  • I develop using Vagrant on OS X or Linux.
  • I develop / deploy using Docker.
  • I deploy to a PaaS (Triton, Heroku).