Trouble while installing truffle-contract module

Question

When I run the command sudo npm install truffle-contract it gives me this error:

npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! Command failed: /usr/bin/git clone -q https://github.com/debris/bignumber.js.git /home/ubuntu/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-777489e7 npm ERR! /home/ubuntu/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-777489e7/.git: Permission denied npm ERR!

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2017-12-26T05_11_27_119Z-debug.log

Answer 1

Possible solutions:

1. sudo apt-get update
2. update the nvm
3. update npm
4. update node
5. Use a different OS and start over.