Puppeteer is not able to install: “ERROR: Failed to set up Chromium r782078! Set “PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD” env variable to skip download”

Note: This is for Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver). However, it should be a similar process for Windows though.

Set the environment variable (as the error suggests):

Mac

export PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD='true'

Windows

SET PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD='true'

and then…

npm i puppeteer