npm install <package> working and npm install not working - node.js

Question

If I download the source code and run:
npm install
It crashes during installation ( I think it runs out of memory), however if I directly:
npm install bigchaindb-driver
(version 0.3.0)
Then is fine...
Log error:
npm http request GET https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 8:08:57 PM
npm http request GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lcid
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 8:08:57 PM
npm http request GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mem
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/lcid
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mem
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 8:08:57 PM
npm http request GET https://registry.npmjs.org/invert-kv
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/invert-kv
npm info lifecycle bigchaindb-driver#0.3.0~preinstall: bigchaindb-driver#0.3.0
Killed ....] - extract:moo-server: sill gunzTarPerm extractEntry lolex.js
Btw if I install them one by one, it does not run out of memory but it is not able to install the following dependencies:
bigchaindb-driver#0.3.0 /
+-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY babel-eslint#8.0.0
+-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY eslint#4.1.1
`-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY webpack#3.0.0
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents#^1.0.0 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents#1.1.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN babel-loader#7.0.0 requires a peer of webpack#2 but none was installed.
npm WARN eslint-config-airbnb-base#11.3.2 requires a peer of eslint#^3.19.0 || ^4.5.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN eslint-config-airbnb-base#11.3.2 requires a peer of eslint-plugin-import#^2.7.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN eslint-config-ascribe#3.0.4 requires a peer of babel-eslint#^7.1.1 but none was installed.
npm WARN eslint-plugin-import#2.2.0 requires a peer of eslint#2.x - 3.x but none was installed.
Why with one method is working and with the other no? what is the difference between the commands and how could I fix it?
Edit:
Ubuntu 16.04 64bit
npm 3.10.10
nodejs 6.11.4
bigchaindb-driver 0.3.0
Package.json:
{
"_args": [
[
{
"raw": "bigchaindb-driver",
"scope": null,
"escapedName": "bigchaindb-driver",
"name": "bigchaindb-driver",
"rawSpec": "",
"spec": "latest",
"type": "tag"
},
"/test_bcdb"
]
],
"_from": "bigchaindb-driver#latest",
"_id": "bigchaindb-driver#0.3.0",
"_inCache": true,
"_location": "/bigchaindb-driver",
"_nodeVersion": "7.8.0",
"_npmOperationalInternal": {
"host": "s3://npm-registry-packages",
"tmp": "tmp/bigchaindb-driver-0.3.0.tgz_1499272002696_0.40300624282099307"
},
"_npmUser": {
"name": "vrde",
"email": "agranzot#gmail.com"
},
"_npmVersion": "5.0.4",
"_phantomChildren": {},
"_requested": {
"raw": "bigchaindb-driver",
"scope": null,
"escapedName": "bigchaindb-driver",
"name": "bigchaindb-driver",
"rawSpec": "",
"spec": "latest",
"type": "tag"
},
"_requiredBy": [
"#USER"
],
"_resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bigchaindb-driver/-/bigchaindb-driver-0.3.0.tgz",
"_shasum": "2c71ab0e49dd7cbd6f760639767d4148e911e92b",
"_shrinkwrap": null,
"_spec": "bigchaindb-driver",
"_where": "/test_bcdb",
"author": {
"name": "BigchainDB"
},
"ava": {
"files": [
"test/*.js"
],
"source": [
"**/*.{js,jsx}",
"!node_modules/**/*",
"!dist/**/*"
],
"failFast": true,
"failWithoutAssertions": false,
"tap": true,
"powerAssert": false,
"require": [
"babel-register"
],
"babel": "inherit"
},
"browser": "./dist/browser/bigchaindb-driver.cjs2.min.js",
"bugs": {
"url": "https://github.com/bigchaindb/js-bigchaindb-driver/issues"
},
"dependencies": {
"browser-resolve": "^1.11.2",
"bs58": "^4.0.0",
"buffer": "^5.0.2",
"clone": "^2.1.0",
"core-js": "^2.4.1",
"decamelize": "^1.2.0",
"es6-promise": "^4.0.5",
"fetch-ponyfill": "^4.0.0",
"five-bells-condition": "^5.0.1",
"isomorphic-fetch": "^2.2.1",
"js-sha3": "^0.6.1",
"js-utility-belt": "^1.5.0",
"json-stable-stringify": "^1.0.1",
"query-string": "^4.3.4",
"sprintf-js": "^1.0.3",
"tweetnacl": "^1.0.0",
"yarn": "^0.27.5"
},
"description": "Node.js driver for BigchainDB",
"devDependencies": {
"ava": "^0.20.0",
"babel-cli": "^6.22.2",
"babel-eslint": "^7.1.1",
"babel-loader": "^7.0.0",
"babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^0.2.1",
"babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs": "^6.23.0",
"babel-plugin-transform-export-extensions": "^6.22.0",
"babel-plugin-transform-object-assign": "^6.22.0",
"babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread": "^6.23.0",
"babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.23.0",
"babel-preset-es2015-no-commonjs": "0.0.2",
"babel-preset-latest": "^6.22.0",
"babel-runtime": "^6.22.0",
"cross-env": "^5.0.1",
"eslint": "^4.1.1",
"eslint-config-ascribe": "^3.0.4",
"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.2.0",
"husky": "^0.14.0",
"lint-staged": "^4.0.0",
"nyc": "^11.0.2",
"release-it": "^2.7.3",
"rimraf": "^2.5.4",
"sinon": "^2.3.4",
"webpack": "^3.0.0"
},
"directories": {},
"dist": {
"integrity": "sha512-zpy0xZ73PXfH2k5sNTukgd7drPvGrHcPdA520glBGRiv3pfENo3TBFtNfGBymGRVRfQ519GFR+vzCbmftCs24w==",
"shasum": "2c71ab0e49dd7cbd6f760639767d4148e911e92b",
"tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bigchaindb-driver/-/bigchaindb-driver-0.3.0.tgz"
},
"gitHead": "a9fb0730727a7aca3d0f61662ad043dfca3b284f",
"homepage": "https://www.bigchaindb.com/",
"keywords": [
"bigchaindb",
"driver",
"blockchain",
"decentralized",
"dapp"
],
"license": "Apache-2.0",
"lint-staged": {
"*.js": [
"eslint"
]
},
"main": "./dist/node/index.js",
"maintainers": [
{
"name": "vrde",
"email": "agranzot#gmail.com"
}
],
"name": "bigchaindb-driver",
"optionalDependencies": {},
"readme": "ERROR: No README data found!",
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "git+https://github.com/bigchaindb/js-bigchaindb-driver.git"
},
"scripts": {
"build": "npm run clean && npm run build:cjs && npm run build:dist",
"build:bundle": "webpack",
"build:cjs": "cross-env BABEL_ENV=cjs babel ./src -d dist/node",
"build:dist": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack -p",
"clean": "rimraf dist/bundle dist/node",
"lint": "eslint ./",
"precommit": "lint-staged",
"prepublishOnly": "npm update && npm run build",
"release": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release.js --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
"release-major": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release.js major --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
"release-minor": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release.js minor --src.tagName='v%s' --github.release --npm.publish --non-interactive",
"report-coverage": "nyc report --reporter=lcov > coverage.lcov && codecov",
"test": "npm run lint && nyc ava test/ && npm run thanks && npm run report-coverage",
"thanks": "cowsay Hi, thanks for your interest in BigchainDB. We appreciate your contribution!"
},
"version": "0.3.0"
}
The package.json is the original from js-bigchaindb-driver

Answer 1

Finally, I found the source of the error:
npm install
Installs the package with the development dependencies and it is needed to add the flag --production not to get them.
So the equivalent will be:
npm install <package>
and
npm install --production
(assuming there is a package.json in the directory)