npm install doesn't do a thing?

apps/web/almond-cloud/Dockerfile

@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash -r almond-cloud && id almond-cloud
 COPY --chown=almond-cloud:almond-cloud start.sh /opt/almond-cloud/
 WORKDIR /opt/almond-cloud/
 RUN chown -R almond-cloud:almond-cloud /opt/almond-cloud && \ 
-  echo "build_from_source = true" > .npmrc && \
+  echo "build_from_source = true" > ~almond-cloud/.npmrc && \
-  echo "sqlite = external" >> .npmrc && \
+  echo "sqlite = external" >> ~almond-cloud/.npmrc && \
-  echo "sqlite_libname = sqlcipher" >> .npmrc && \
+  echo "sqlite_libname = sqlcipher" >> ~almond-cloud/.npmrc && \
-  su almond-cloud -c 'CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/sqlcipher npm install' && \
+  echo "======== package.json ============="; cat package.json && \
-  chown -R root:root /opt/almond-cloud && \
+  su almond-cloud -c 'npm install' && \
+  chown -vR root:root /opt/almond-cloud && \
   echo "OPT"; ls -la /opt/almond-cloud && \
   echo "HOME"; ls -la /home/almond-cloud 
   
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ RUN	apt-get remove -y --purge ${DEVPKGS} && \
 	apt-get autoremove --purge -y && \
 	apt-get clean -y && \ 
 	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-	rm -rf /var/cache/apt/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* /var/log/*
+	rm -rf /var/cache/apt/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* /var/log/* /root/.cache
 	
 USER almond-cloud
 WORKDIR /home/almond-cloud