NPM Install, Node 8.11.3

[Lizzardd]

Getting an issue with the install on a new Ubuntu server

sudo npm install -g firestore-backup-restore
/usr/local/bin/firestore-backup-restore -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/bin/firestore-backup-restore.js

[email protected] install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc
node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v57 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/src/node'
gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/home/dev/.node-gyp/8.11.3"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/.node-gyp"
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/.node-gyp'
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-1014-gcp
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc" "--napi_version=3" "--node_abi_napi=napi"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc
gyp ERR! node -v v8.11.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.7.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-1014-gcp
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v8.11.3
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.10.3
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1)
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/firestore-backup-restore/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/dev/.npm/_logs/2018-08-03T09_15_39_437Z-debug.log

[Lizzardd]

Solved my problem by the following
npm install -g --unsafe-perm firestore-backup-restore