docs: expand on troubleshooting node-gyp errors

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docs: expand on troubleshooting node-gyp errors #4013

Closed legobeat closed 1 year ago

legobeat commented 1 year ago

node running as root is a common gotcha.

While there are workarounds that make that work (npm config set user 0), it seems better to guide towards dropping privileges.

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