stack Error: Cannot find module 'internal/util/types'

I'm trying to install vcremote via "sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm vcremote", and I'm getting an error that states This is a bug in node-pre-gyp. Below is the output form the command:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm vcremote
npm WARN deprecated connect@2.12.0: connect 2.x series is deprecated
npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@3.0.11: please upgrade to graceful-fs 4 for compatibility with current and future versions of Node.js
npm WARN deprecated natives@1.1.3: This module relies on Node.js's internals and will break at some point. Do not use it, and update to graceful-fs@4.x.
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.8: Use uuid module instead
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.0: Use uuid module instead
npm WARN deprecated wrench@1.5.9: wrench.js is deprecated! You should check out fs-extra (https://github.com/jprichardson/node-fs-extra) for any operations you were using wrench for. Thanks for all the usage over the years.
npm WARN deprecated sprintf@0.1.5: The sprintf package is deprecated in favor of sprintf-js.
npm WARN deprecated crypto@0.0.3: This package is no longer supported. It's now a built-in Node module. If you've depended on crypto, you should switch to the one that's built-in.
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.3.3: Use uuid module instead
/usr/local/bin/vcremote -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/vcremote/bin/vcremote

thread-sleep@1.0.4 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/vcremote/node_modules/thread-sleep
node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
node-pre-gyp verb cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node',
node-pre-gyp verb cli '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/vcremote/node_modules/thread-sleep/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp',
node-pre-gyp verb cli 'install',
node-pre-gyp verb cli '--fallback-to-build' ]
node-pre-gyp info using node-pre-gyp@0.6.9
node-pre-gyp info using node@8.11.2 | darwin | x64
node-pre-gyp verb command install []
node-pre-gyp info check checked for "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/vcremote/node_modules/thread-sleep/lib/binding/Release/node-v57-darwin-x64/thread_sleep.node" (not found)
node-pre-gyp http GET https://node-pre-gyp-forbeslindesay.s3.amazonaws.com/thread_sleep/v1.0.4/Release/thread_sleep-v1.0.4-node-v57-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Cannot find module 'internal/util/types'
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at evalmachine.:31:26
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/vcremote/node_modules/thread-sleep/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/node_modules/tar/node_modules/fstream/node_modules/graceful-fs/fs.js:11:1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.4.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/vcremote/node_modules/thread-sleep/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/vcremote/node_modules/thread-sleep
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v8.11.2
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.9
node-pre-gyp ERR! This is a bug in node-pre-gyp.
node-pre-gyp ERR! Try to update node-pre-gyp and file an issue if it does not help:
node-pre-gyp ERR! https://github.com/mapbox/node-pre-gyp/issues
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: thread-sleep@1.0.4 (node_modules/vcremote/node_modules/thread-sleep):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: thread-sleep@1.0.4 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 7

• vcremote@1.0.13
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Start by reproducing the reported global install with Node.js v8.11.2 and vcremote, then inspect the node-pre-gyp@0.6.9 dependency path through tar, fstream, and graceful-fs shown in the stack. Done means the thread-sleep install no longer ends with the uncaught "Cannot find module 'internal/util/types'" error.