make test on fresh clone failes due to undeclared dependencies

[mdavis-xyz]

Steps to reproduce

git clone https://github.com/caolan/nodeunit.git
cd nodeunit
make test

Expected behaviour

All tests pass

Actual behaviour

nodejs ./bin/nodeunit test             
module.js:471                          
    throw err;                         
    ^                                  
                                       
Error: Cannot find module 'ejs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)                                
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)                                       
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)                                      
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/matthew/Documents/Projects/nodeunit/nodeunit/lib/reporters/junit.js:18:11)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)                                                                                                                      
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)                        
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)                                          
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
Makefile:148: recipe for target 'test' failed                                  
make: *** [test] Error 1                      

Commentary

The make script should run npm install ejs and npm install should, since those are dependencies.

I'm new to nodejs and Make files, so I'm not quite sure how to do this.

[brody2consult]

Isn't the normal procedure to do npm i (short for npm install) before npm test?