npm install -g @noodl/noodl-cli generates errors

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Running the above command generates the following warnings and errors

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm ERR! Cannot set properties of null (setting 'dev')

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/accountname/.npm/_logs/2024-03-04T03_27_40_724Z-debug-0.log

Reference to error in above log file:

255 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot set properties of null (setting 'dev')
255 verbose stack     at calcDepFlagsStep (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/calc-dep-flags.js:34:21)
255 verbose stack     at visit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/calc-dep-flags.js:12:20)
255 verbose stack     at visitNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/treeverse/lib/depth-descent.js:58:25)
255 verbose stack     at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/treeverse/lib/depth-descent.js:44:19)
255 verbose stack     at depth (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/treeverse/lib/depth-descent.js:83:10)
255 verbose stack     at depth (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/treeverse/lib/depth.js:27:12)
255 verbose stack     at calcDepFlags (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/calc-dep-flags.js:10:15)
255 verbose stack     at [copyIdealToActual] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:1557:7)
255 verbose stack     at Arborist.reify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:178:35)
255 verbose stack     at async Install.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js:153:5)
256 verbose cwd /
257 verbose Darwin 23.3.0
258 verbose node v21.6.2
259 verbose npm  v10.4.0
260 error Cannot set properties of null (setting 'dev')