npm install serialport failure on BeagleBone Black

gistfile1.sh

root@beaglebone:/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver# npm install
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings/1.2.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/async/0.9.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/sf/0.1.7
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/async/0.9.0
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings/1.2.1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/sf/0.1.7
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist

> [email protected] install /var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp http GET https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp http 404 https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp http Pre-built binary not available for your system (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) 
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/build'
make: Warning: File `../binding.gyp' has modification time 4.8e+06 s in the future
  ACTION Regenerating Makefile
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/node-gyp/gyp/gyp", line 18, in <module>
    sys.exit(gyp.main(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/gyp/__init__.py", line 471, in main
    options.circular_check)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/gyp/__init__.py", line 111, in Load
    depth, generator_input_info, check, circular_check)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/gyp/input.py", line 2378, in Load
    depth, check)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/gyp/input.py", line 358, in LoadTargetBuildFile
    includes, True, check)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/gyp/input.py", line 208, in LoadOneBuildFile
    raise Exception("%s not found (cwd: %s)" % (build_file_path, os.getcwd()))
Exception: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/build) while trying to load binding.gyp
make: *** [Makefile] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/build'
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/share/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:797:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.8.13-bone47
gyp ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "rebuild" "--name=serialport" "--configuration=Release" "--module_name=serialport" "--version=1.4.6" "--major=1" "--minor=4" "--patch=6" "--runtime=node" "--node_abi=node-v11" "--platform=linux" "--target_platform=linux" "--arch=arm" "--target_arch=arm" "--module_main=./serialport" "--host=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/" "--module_path=/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm" "--remote_path=./serialport/v1.4.6/Release/" "--package_name=node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz" "--staged_tarball=build/stage/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz" "--hosted_path=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/" "--hosted_tarball=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz"
gyp ERR! cwd /var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.10
gyp ERR! not ok 
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error 
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'node-gyp rebuild --name=serialport --configuration=Release --module_name=serialport --version=1.4.6 --major=1 --minor=4 --patch=6 --runtime=node --node_abi=node-v11 --platform=linux --target_platform=linux --arch=arm --target_arch=arm --module_main=./serialport --host=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/ --module_path=/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm --remote_path=./serialport/v1.4.6/Release/ --package_name=node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz --staged_tarball=build/stage/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz --hosted_path=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/ --hosted_tarball=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:76:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:810:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 3.8.13-bone47
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "node" "/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.5.19
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok 
Failed to execute 'node-gyp rebuild --name=serialport --configuration=Release --module_name=serialport --version=1.4.6 --major=1 --minor=4 --patch=6 --runtime=node --node_abi=node-v11 --platform=linux --target_platform=linux --arch=arm --target_arch=arm --module_main=./serialport --host=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/ --module_path=/var/lib/cloud9/zetta-fona-bonescript-driver/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm --remote_path=./serialport/v1.4.6/Release/ --package_name=node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz --staged_tarball=build/stage/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz --hosted_path=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/ --hosted_tarball=https://node-serialport.s3.amazonaws.com/serialport/v1.4.6/Release/node-v11-linux-arm.tar.gz' (1)
npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
npm WARN For further explanations, please read
/usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian
 
npm ERR! weird error 1
npm ERR! not ok code 0

fixed by issuing the npm install command like this:

TERM=none npm install

I fixed this by updating the local time on my BBB using the command:
/usr/bin/ntpdate -b -s -u pool.ntp.org