Build fails with no such file or directory, uv_cwd

[uliw]

running npm -g install git@github.com:milisims/tree-sitter-org.git
I get

npm ERR! code 7
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/tree-sitter-org
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! sh: line 1: prebuild-install: command not found
npm ERR! shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@8.4.1
npm ERR! gyp info using node@17.7.1 | linux | x64
npm ERR! gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, uv_cwd
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at process.wrappedCwd [as cwd] (node:internal/bootstrap/switches/does_own_process_state:126:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at setopts (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/glob/common.js:89:21)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at new Glob (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/glob/glob.js:132:3)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Function.glob.hasMagic (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/glob/glob.js:98:11)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at rimraf (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/rimraf/rimraf.js:106:36)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at clean (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/clean.js:11:3)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Object.self.commands.<computed> [as clean] (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/node-gyp.js:41:37)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at run (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js:80:30)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:78:11)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 5.19.2-1-default
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node17" "/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! node:internal/bootstrap/switches/does_own_process_state:126
npm ERR!     cachedCwd = rawMethods.cwd();
npm ERR!                            ^
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, uv_cwd
npm ERR!     at process.wrappedCwd [as cwd] (node:internal/bootstrap/switches/does_own_process_state:126:28)
npm ERR!     at errorMessage (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js:127:28)
npm ERR!     at issueMessage (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js:133:3)
npm ERR!     at process.<anonymous> (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm17/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js:117:3)
npm ERR!     at process.emit (node:events:527:28)
npm ERR!     at process._fatalException (node:internal/process/execution:167:25) {
npm ERR!   errno: -2,
npm ERR!   code: 'ENOENT',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'uv_cwd'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Node.js v17.7.1

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2022-09-13T15_59_20_845Z-debug-0.log