Cannot find module 'electron-prebuilt'

[Tan-tan-san]

npm v5.3.0
node v8.3.0
Linux Mint 17 (ubuntu 14.04) 3.13.0-37-generic
I follow the instructions exactly as the readme says.
when I run the command:
npm run package-linux
I get the attached output:

2017-08-15T21_00_07_702Z-debulog.txt
I've read on some forum posts it might have something to do with the version of electron that is being used? Any help would be appreciated. I've tried installing on multiple machines in the past week with no luck.