Error nstalling generator-jhipster npm ubuntu 16

I am trying to install jhipster to run a repository I have already cloned in /home/thomas/Documents/softeng/project/CS673-Project. I cant parse what is missing. the command I've run is sudo npm install -g generator-jhipster. Below I have included the complete relevant section of the log.

11518 silly install generator-jhipster@4.5.2
11519 info lifecycle generator-jhipster@4.5.2~install: generator-jhipster@4.5.2
11520 verbose lifecycle generator-jhipster@4.5.2~install: unsafe-perm in lifecycle false
11521 verbose lifecycle generator-jhipster@4.5.2~install: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin
11522 verbose lifecycle generator-jhipster@4.5.2~install: CWD: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster
11523 silly lifecycle generator-jhipster@4.5.2~install: Args: [ '-c', 'tabtab install --name jhipster --auto' ]
11524 silly lifecycle generator-jhipster@4.5.2~install: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
11525 info lifecycle generator-jhipster@4.5.2~install: Failed to exec install script
11526 verbose unlock done using /home/thomas/.npm/_locks/staging-3a08f0df5026584d.lock for /usr/local/lib/node_modules/.staging
11527 verbose stack Error: generator-jhipster@4.5.2 install: `tabtab install --name jhipster --auto`
11527 verbose stack Exit status 1
11527 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:283:16)
11527 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
11527 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:172:7)
11527 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
11527 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
11527 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
11527 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:821:16)
11527 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
11528 verbose pkgid generator-jhipster@4.5.2
11529 verbose cwd /home/thomas/Documents/softeng/project/CS673-Project
11530 verbose Linux 4.4.0-53-generic
11531 verbose argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "generator-jhipster"
11532 verbose node v4.2.6
11533 verbose npm  v5.0.3
11534 error code ELIFECYCLE
11535 error errno 1
11536 error generator-jhipster@4.5.2 install: `tabtab install --name jhipster --auto`
11536 error Exit status 1
11537 error Failed at the generator-jhipster@4.5.2 install script.
11537 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
11538 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Thank you so much

via Thomas Greenstein