hubot-rocketchat: Error Running Yo: npm ERR! not a package /tmp/npm-30929-OgybIFr-/github.com/RocketChat/asteroid.git

When I run yo hubot as a non-root user, I am receiving the following error:

[richlu@chat r2z2-test3]$ yo hubot
                     _____________________________
                    /                             \
   //\              |      Extracting input for    |
  ////\    _____    |   self-replication process   |
 //////\  /_____\   \                             /
 ======= |[^_/\_]|   /----------------------------
  |   | _|___@@__|__
  +===+/  ///     \_\
   | |_\ /// HUBOT/\\
   |___/\//      /  \\
         \      /   +---+
          \____/    |   |
           | //|    +===+
            \//      |xx|

? Owner r2z2
? Bot name r2z2.api
? Description A simple helpful robot for your Company
? Bot adapter (campfire) rocketchatgot back false
? Bot adapter rocketchat
   create bin/hubot
   create bin/hubot.cmd
   create Procfile
   create README.md
   create external-scripts.json
   create hubot-scripts.json
   create .gitignore
   create package.json
   create scripts/example.coffee
   create .editorconfig
                     _____________________________
 _____              /                             \
 \    \             |   Self-replication process   |
 |    |    _____    |          complete...         |
 |__\\|   /_____\   \     Good luck with that.    /
   |//+  |[^_/\_]|   /----------------------------
  |   | _|___@@__|__
  +===+/  ///     \_\
   | |_\ /// HUBOT/\\
   |___/\//      /  \\
         \      /   +---+
          \____/    |   |
           | //|    +===+
            \//      |xx|

npm ERR! not a package /tmp/npm-30929-OgybIFr-/github.com/RocketChat/asteroid.git
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open '/tmp/npm-30929-OgybIFr-/github.com/RocketChat/asteroid.git-unpack/package.json'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! System Linux 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "hubot" "hubot-scripts" "hubot-diagnostics" "hubot-help" "hubot-heroku-keepalive" "hubot-google-images" "hubot-google-translate" "hubot-pugme" "hubot-maps" "hubot-redis-brain" "hubot-rules" "hubot-shipit" "hubot-rocketchat" "--save"
npm ERR! cwd /home/richlu/r2z2-test3
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.40
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28
npm ERR! path /tmp/npm-30929-OgybIFr-/github.com/RocketChat/asteroid.git-unpack/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno 34
npm ERR! not ok code 0

My package.json turns out empty of dependencies. The last time I ran yo hubot, although a few months now, it was running fine. I had yo installed as root. When I try running yo hubot as root I receive:

[root@chat hubot-test]# yo hubot

Error: EACCES, permission denied '/root/.config'
    at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:654:18)
    at sync (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:71:13)
    at Function.sync (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:77:24)
    at Object.create.all.get (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/configstore/index.js:38:13)
    at Object.Configstore (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/configstore/index.js:27:44)
    at new Insight (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/node_modules/insight/lib/index.js:37:34)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/lib/cli.js:130:11)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)

The file /root/.config doesn’t exist. I am not sure if this is a relevant issue. I’m just trying to dig deeper and determine where this issue is coming from and would like some help.