Installation on Linux Mint 18.3 fails with ELIFECYCLE / puppeteer error

I'm trying to install ace under Linux Mint 18.3 (Sylvia) using (as per the docs):

sudo npm install @daisy/ace -g

Result:

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! puppeteer@1.4.0 install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the puppeteer@1.4.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

I've posted the full debug log here:

I'm using nodejs v8.11.2 (originally I had a much older version on my system which gave me the same error).

(Initially thought this was identical to the Windows-only ELIFECYCLE error mentioned [here](https://daisy.github.io/ace/help/troubleshooting/#i-receive-an-elifecycle-error-when-trying-to-install-ace-on-windows-version-windows_nt-10.0.16299), but the link there to the alleged npm bug doesn't even show the ELIFECYCLE message, which makes me wonder if this is something else entirely?)