installation failure

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@dstillman

• debian bookworm on anlinux
• steps

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/zotero/translation-server
cd translation-server
npm install

• console output

root@localhost:~/translation-server# npm install
npm WARN skipping integrity check for git dependency ssh://[email protected]/zotero/wicked-good-xpath.git
(#########⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂) ⠴ reify:@babel/code-frame: WAnpm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request-promise-native has been deprecated because it extends the now deprecated request package, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN tarball tarball data for require-main-filename@https://registry.npmjs.org/require-main-filename/-/require-main-filename-1.0.1.tgz (sha1-l/cXtp1IeE9fUmpsWqj/3aBVpNE=) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for path-exists@https://registry.npmjs.org/path-exists/-/path-exists-3.0.0.tgz (sha1-zg6+ql94yxiSXqfYENe1mwEP1RU=) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for oauth-sign@https://registry.npmjs.org/oauth-sign/-/oauth-sign-0.9.0.tgz (sha512-fexhUFFPTGV8ybAtSIGbV6gOkSv8UtRbDBnAyLQw4QPKkgNlsH2ByPGtMUqdWkos6YCRmAqViwgZrJc/mRDzZQ==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for mime-types@https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.22.tgz (sha512-aGl6TZGnhm/li6F7yx82bJiBZwgiEa4Hf6CNr8YO+r5UHr53tSTYZb102zyU50DOWWKeOv0uQLRL0/9EiKWCog==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for invert-kv@https://registry.npmjs.org/invert-kv/-/invert-kv-2.0.0.tgz (sha512-wPVv/y/QQ/Uiirj/vh3oP+1Ww+AWehmi1g5fFWGPF6IpCBCDVrhgHRMvrLfdYcwDh3QJbGXDW4JAuzxElLSqKA==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for abab@https://registry.npmjs.org/abab/-/abab-2.0.0.tgz (sha512-sY5AXXVZv4Y1VACTtR11UJCPHHudgY5i26Qj5TypE6DKlIApbwb5uqhXcJ5UUGbvZNRh7EeIoW+LrJumBsKp7w==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for base64-js@https://registry.npmjs.org/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.3.0.tgz (sha512-ccav/yGvoa80BQDljCxsmmQ3Xvx60/UpBIij5QN21W3wBi/hhIC9OoO+KLpu9IJTS9j4DRVJ3aDDF9cMSoa2lw==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Legacy versions of mkdirp are no longer supported. Please update to mkdirp 1.x. (Note that the API surface has changed to use Promises in 1.x.)
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to the upcoming v2, currently (until end of February) install using formidable@canary!
npm WARN tarball tarball data for oauth-sign@https://registry.npmjs.org/oauth-sign/-/oauth-sign-0.9.0.tgz (sha512-fexhUFFPTGV8ybAtSIGbV6gOkSv8UtRbDBnAyLQw4QPKkgNlsH2ByPGtMUqdWkos6YCRmAqViwgZrJc/mRDzZQ==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for mime-types@https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.22.tgz (sha512-aGl6TZGnhm/li6F7yx82bJiBZwgiEa4Hf6CNr8YO+r5UHr53tSTYZb102zyU50DOWWKeOv0uQLRL0/9EiKWCog==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for path-exists@https://registry.npmjs.org/path-exists/-/path-exists-3.0.0.tgz (sha1-zg6+ql94yxiSXqfYENe1mwEP1RU=) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for require-main-filename@https://registry.npmjs.org/require-main-filename/-/require-main-filename-1.0.1.tgz (sha1-l/cXtp1IeE9fUmpsWqj/3aBVpNE=) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for invert-kv@https://registry.npmjs.org/invert-kv/-/invert-kv-2.0.0.tgz (sha512-wPVv/y/QQ/Uiirj/vh3oP+1Ww+AWehmi1g5fFWGPF6IpCBCDVrhgHRMvrLfdYcwDh3QJbGXDW4JAuzxElLSqKA==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797)
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN tarball tarball data for abab@https://registry.npmjs.org/abab/-/abab-2.0.0.tgz (sha512-sY5AXXVZv4Y1VACTtR11UJCPHHudgY5i26Qj5TypE6DKlIApbwb5uqhXcJ5UUGbvZNRh7EeIoW+LrJumBsKp7w==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for base64-js@https://registry.npmjs.org/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.3.0.tgz (sha512-ccav/yGvoa80BQDljCxsmmQ3Xvx60/UpBIij5QN21W3wBi/hhIC9OoO+KLpu9IJTS9j4DRVJ3aDDF9cMSoa2lw==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version of 'buffer' is out-of-date. You must update to v4.9.2 or newer
npm WARN tarball tarball data for sinon@https://registry.npmjs.org/sinon/-/sinon-6.3.5.tgz (sha512-xgoZ2gKjyVRcF08RrIQc+srnSyY1JDJtxu3Nsz07j1ffjgXoY6uPLf/qja6nDBZgzYYEovVkFryw2+KiZz11xQ==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN tarball tarball data for sinon@https://registry.npmjs.org/sinon/-/sinon-6.3.5.tgz (sha512-xgoZ2gKjyVRcF08RrIQc+srnSyY1JDJtxu3Nsz07j1ffjgXoY6uPLf/qja6nDBZgzYYEovVkFryw2+KiZz11xQ==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3.3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js.
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! path /root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/fd1de50f
npm ERR! dest /root/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/c6/0a/19da02a3c9545c174f11ac841cfacae74b263524326dc6edcdb33d3b8f57df8e05e863ab8f2dffea8daea70c1660cd8604a2f56416bcb0dbe2a2673d75c5
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename '/root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/fd1de50f' -> '/root/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/c6/0a/19da02a3c9545c174f11ac841cfacae74b263524326dc6edcdb33d3b8f57df8e05e863ab8f2dffea8daea70c1660cd8604a2f56416bcb0dbe2a2673d75c5'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2023-07-13T22_44_28_223Z-debug-0.log
root@localhost:~/translation-server#

2023-07-13T22_44_28_223Z-debug-0.log

[AbeJellinek]

This seems very unlikely to be related to this repo -- it's an npm issue, or more likely an npm issue triggered by running npm as root. Never, ever do that! Try again as a normal user, and if that doesn't fix it, maybe one of the ideas here will work.