Okay, now I get an different error - not sure why it says permission denied, when I do it via sudo:

sudo node install

This script will install the application.
Would you like to continue?
? Continue? Yes

We need to configure the tool before install.
Tip: just press ENTER to accept the default value in brackets.
? Server port 5000
? Server name Adapt01
? Data directory path data
? Git repository URL to be used for the authoring tool source code https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_authoring.git
? Git repository URL to be used for the framework source code https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_framework.git
? Specific git revision to be used for the framework. Accepts any valid revision type (e.g. branch/tag/commit) tags/v5.7.1
? Master database name adapt-tenant-master
? Will you be using a full database connection URI? (all connection options in the URI) No
? Database host localhost
? Database server port 27017
? Database server user (only specify if using database authentication)
? Database server password (only specify if using database authentication)
? Database server authentication database (only specify if using database authentication)
? Will you be using an SMTP server? (used for sending emails) No
Now we need to configure the master tenant.
Tip: just press ENTER to accept the default value in brackets.

? Set a unique name for your tenant master
? Set the display name for your tenant Master

Cloned https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_framework.git successfully.
/temp/5fa553e8705a4d094388ff8e/adapt_framework switched to revision tags/v5.7.1
error [06 Nov 20 13:47:36 +00:00] Error downloading the framework ⚠ EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/laskm/adapt_authoring/temp/5fa553e8705a4d094388ff8e/adapt_framework/node_modules/jpegtran-bin/vendor/jpegtran'
⚠ jpegtran pre-build test failed
ℹ compiling from source
✖ Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/laskm/adapt_authoring/temp/5fa553e8705a4d094388ff8e/adapt_framework/node_modules/jpegtran-bin/7a91ade0-249f-4065-a036-0fdac142e117'
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! jpegtran-bin@5.0.2 postinstall: `node lib/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the jpegtran-bin@5.0.2 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2020-11-06T13_47_36_350Z-debug.log

ERROR: ⚠ EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/laskm/adapt_authoring/temp/5fa553e8705a4d094388ff8e/adapt_framework/node_modules/jpegtran-bin/vendor/jpegtran'
⚠ jpegtran pre-build test failed
ℹ compiling from source
✖ Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/laskm/adapt_authoring/temp/5fa553e8705a4d094388ff8e/adapt_framework/node_modules/jpegtran-bin/7a91ade0-249f-4065-a036-0fdac142e117'
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! jpegtran-bin@5.0.2 postinstall: `node lib/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the jpegtran-bin@5.0.2 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2020-11-06T13_47_36_350Z-debug.log

Failed to create master tenant. Please check the console output.