title: Error installing generator-jhipster with npm on ubuntu 16
body: <p>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.</p>
  
  <pre><code>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.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/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.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/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 ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thank you so much</p>