lerna ERR! npm install exited 217 in 'scratch-render'

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Just trying to run: npx lerna bootstrap --force-local provides the following error:

Need to install the following packages:
  lerna@5.4.3
Ok to proceed? (y) y
npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://skimdb.npmjs.com/registry/sort-keys/-/sort-keys-4.2.0.tgz - not_found
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404  'sort-keys@https://skimdb.npmjs.com/registry/sort-keys/-/sort-keys-4.2.0.tgz' is not in this registry.
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/xzntrc/.npm/_logs/2022-08-28T01_46_41_003Z-debug-0.log

I eventually had to do npm set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/ but now I get another error:

lerna notice cli v3.22.1
lerna info Bootstrapping 3 packages
lerna info Installing external dependencies
lerna ERR! npm install exited 217 in 'scratch-render'
lerna ERR! npm install stderr:
npm WARN old lockfile
npm WARN old lockfile The package-lock.json file was created with an old version of npm,
npm WARN old lockfile so supplemental metadata must be fetched from the registry.
npm WARN old lockfile
npm WARN old lockfile This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
npm WARN old lockfile
npm ERR! code ENOTEMPTY
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! path /home/xzntrc/prg-extension-boilerplate/packages/scratch-render/node_modules/acorn
npm ERR! dest /home/xzntrc/prg-extension-boilerplate/packages/scratch-render/node_modules/.acorn-jUwgv0AZ
npm ERR! errno -39
npm ERR! ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename '/home/xzntrc/prg-extension-boilerplate/packages/scratch-render/node_modules/acorn' -> '/home/xzntrc/prg-extension-boilerplate/packages/scratch-render/node_modules/.acorn-jUwgv0AZ'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/xzntrc/.npm/_logs/2022-08-28T02_49_00_816Z-debug-0.log

lerna ERR! npm install exited 217 in 'scratch-render'
lerna WARN complete Waiting for 2 child processes to exit. CTRL-C to exit immediately