This is Ubuntu 18.04 server and the node.js is v16.16

I’m trying to install a package by using NPM and I keep getting this error.

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /home/lionelmessi/project/node_modules/ffi-napi
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp-build
npm ERR! make: Entering directory ‘/home/lionelmessi/project/node_modules/ffi-napi/build’
npm ERR!   CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/prep_cif.o
npm ERR! deps/libffi/ffi.target.mk:128: recipe for target ‘Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/prep_cif.o’ failed
npm ERR! make: Leaving directory ‘/home/lionelmessi/project/node_modules/ffi-napi/build’
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.16.0 | linux | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.8.0 found at “/usr/bin/python3”
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘binding.gyp’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-f’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘make’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-I’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘/home/lionelmessi/project/node_modules/ffi-napi/build/config.gypi’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-I’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-I’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘/home/lionelmessi/.cache/node-gyp/16.16.0/include/node/common.gypi’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Dlibrary=shared_library’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Dvisibility=default’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Dnode_root_dir=/home/lionelmessi/.cache/node-gyp/16.16.0’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Dnode_lib_file=/home/lionelmessi/.cache/node-gyp/16.16.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/lionelmessi/project/node_modules/ffi-napi’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Dnode_engine=v8’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘--depth=.‘,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘--no-parallel’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘--generator-output’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘build’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   ‘-Goutput_dir=.’
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp info spawn make
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ ‘BUILDTYPE=Release’, ‘-C’, ‘build’ ]
npm ERR! make: execvp: cc: Permission denied
npm ERR! make: *** [Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/prep_cif.o] Error 127
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:527:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-189-generic
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “rebuild”
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /home/lionelmessi/project/node_modules/ffi-napi
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.16.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

I tried sudo npm install and didn’t work.

I also delete package-lock.json and npm install but didn’t work.