Apologies if this is wrong format of question: my issue is resolved in another post but I'm hoping for help on understanding the why.
I've been trying to run
bower install
through the command line as administrator on Windows 8, and I get the error
bower ENOGIT git is not installed or not in the PATH
However, other "git..." commands in the same window work fine (Git's /bin/ and /cmd/ have been added manually to the system-level path). As per the helpful suggestion at https://stackoverflow.com/a/21444065/4477927 , running bower install at the same location through git bash - rather than windows cmd - works fine.
So although my problem is solved I'd like to improve my understanding of the tools by knowing why the git command works when typed manually, and can be invoked by bower through git bash, but cant be invoked by bower through cmd?
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I have recently installed Vue-cli globally via npm on Git Bash. However, when I run vue, I get C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Roaming\npm/node_modules/node/bin/node: line 1: This: command not found. I'm not an expert at bash, but I'm pretty sure that the PATH isn't set up correctly. But if I run env|grep PATH I can see C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Roaming\npm in my path.
However if I run vue on my basic cmd, it works as intended. Is there something that my git bash is missing? Also, if I run npm config get prefix I get C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Roaming\npm.
Note that I used Vue as an example. I get the same error when running create-react-app.
I have the latest version of git bash (2.28.0) and on Windows 10.
Terminal emulator installed by git is named Mintty. To run npm with Mintty, you need to add the path to an environment variable.
Add the following line to your ~.bash_profile file. If it does not exist, create it
When Mintty starts up it will read .bash_profile. You should now be able to run npm
These other questions might be helpful also.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/26047/how-to-correctly-add-a-path-to-path https://askubuntu.com/questions/58814/how-do-i-add-environment-variables
When I use this command in command mode:
D:\xampp\htdocs\profileApp>npm run dev
I get this error:
'npm' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.
How can I solve this?
First of all, I assume you are a Windows user. In this case, you need to download and install NPM together with NodeJS from the official website. When installing, do not unselect the "Add to PATH variables" point. It's important that NPM is added to your PATH variables, so it's globally available.
After installing, simply restart your terminal(s)
Download and install Gitbash it will be used to run such commands. `
Git bash will help you emulate bash commands. Read this article with how to use git and npm on windows with Git Bash
First you need to install Node which comes with NPM bundled in so that it would be recognizable by Windows CMD you can download the latest version from the Official Website.
Optional : If you are willing to work on open source projects consider
installing Git for windows
I have just downloaded the latest Git for Windows installer, v2.4. It appears to want to install to the standard Windows "Program files" (with-spaces-in-name) directory.
Since I have all my development code in a folder called (simply) "/bin" -- I want to see if there's a command line option or parameter to change the install directory.
In my case, these days I use a environment variable such as GIT_HOME for important software like git; so it would be useful if there was a way to apply that to things like git commands, etc once I have the program installed.
possibly related:
How do I change the directory in Git Bash with Git for Windows?
I also came across a few questions asking: "whereis git". That's answered above, however I take that as an indicator that others may want git somewhere else too.
To start the installer with a different installation path you can open a CMD terminal in the same directory as the installer executable and pass in an option parameter of /DIR="x:\dirname"
For instance, if you have version 2.17.0 for Windows 64bit and you want to install git to D:\git, you would run:
Git-2.17.0-64-bit.exe /DIR="D:\git"
The installer will launch as usual and you need to walk through the other options, but the install location will be the path specified.
Since I just ran into this problem because my SSD is filling up, I figured I'd share the solution I came to on Windows 11 with Git v. 2.37.2.
The best way I could figure was to uninstall Git, then in CMD Prompt use the suggested command from the Git website with an appended --location/ -l flag:
winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget --location [drive:/directory]
where [drive:/directory] is your target for the install. Had no issues and verified it worked with a project.
this is what I get when I use bower init
what could be the problem??
The problem is with the terminal/console you're using to.
I ran into this same problem other day, I was using Git bash as my terminal, and trying to run this command with Node.js command prompt worked normally.
Try to use another terminal, like cmder (I really recommend this to Windows users), Node.js command prompt or even Windows cmd itself. Hope to have helped you. Best wishes!
The solution is to install GIT bash and avoid
using MinTTY and follow the documentation. Here is the solution:
Uninstall existing GIT bash Reinstall GIT bash Set up during
installation:
Select Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt
Select Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings
Select Use Windows' default console window
Okay this works for sure -
Go to https://cygwin.com/install.html and download either the
32 or 64 bit version of Cygwin.
Run the install and install it onto one of your drives.
Run the Cygwin.bat and you will get the same command line
interface.
When you run bower init, it will work just fine. The Mintty that
comes with GIT is broken for somethings. Use the shell that comes
with Cygwin and you will be fine.
It works for me no problem. I used the 64 bit version on a Window 8 64bit OS. Good Luck!
You're most likely running C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe and can instead run C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe to eliminate the issue. This avoids having to install another yet another terminal.
Windows, when I try to run npm install, it shows:
mean#1.0.0 postinstall E:\mean
node node_modules/grunt-cli/bin/grunt install
Running "bower:install" (bower) task
Fatal error : git is not installed or not in the PATH
npm ERR! weird error 1
npm ERR! not ok code 0
What is the problem? How to fix it?
The project git repository is https://github.com/linnovate/mean
Did you install Git correctly?
According to the Bower site, you need to make sure you check the option "Run Git from Windows Command Prompt".
I had this issue where Git was not found when I was trying to install Angular. I re-ran the installer for git and changed my setting and then it worked.
From the bower site:
http://bower.io/
while #vitocorleone is technically correct. If you have already installed, there is no need to reinstall. You just need to add it to your path. You will find yourself doing this for many of the tools for the mean stack so you should get used to doing it. You don't want to have to be in the folder that holds the executable to run it.
Control Panel --> System and Security --> System
click on Advanced System Settings on the left.
make sure you are on the advanced tab
click the Environment Variables button on the bottom
under system variables on the bottom find the Path variable
at the end of the line type (assuming this is where you installed it)
;C:\Program Files (x86)\git\cmd
click ok, ok, and ok to save
This essentially tells the OS.. if you don't find this executable in the folder I am typing in, look in Path to fide where it is.
Installing git and running npm install from git-bash worked for me. Make sure you are in the correct directory.
Install git and tortoise git for windows and make sure it is on your path, (the installer for Tortoise Git includes options for the command line tools and ensuring that it is on the path - select them).
You will need to close and re-open any existing command line sessions for the changes to take effect.
Then you should be able to run npm install successfully or move on to the next problem!
In my case the issue was not resolved because i did not restart my system. Please make sure you do restart your system.
If you installed GitHubDesktop then the path for git.exe will be ,
C:\Users\<'Username'>\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-1.1.1\resources\app\git\cmd
Add this path to the environment variables by following,
** (Note: \cmd at the end, not \cmd\git.exe).**
Navigate to the Environmental Variables Editor and find the Path variable in the “System Variables” section. Click Edit… and paste the URL of Git to the end. Save!
Now open a new cmd and type command git. If you are able to see the git usage then it's done.
Now you can execute your command to install your package.
ex: npm install native-base --save
Use Git CMD instead of using Win CMD.
I did install git and tried again and got the same error. But running 'npm install' in a new command prompt window worked for me. Restarting the machine is not required.
Go to Environmental Variables you will find this in Computer Properties->Advance system Setting->Environmental Variables -> Path
Add the path of your git installed int the system.
eg: "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd"
Save it.
Good to go now!!
The issue depends on the command prompt you are using. if you are using your Windows cmd, then it will be fine if you have installed git in your system (note that after installation it gets added to your system path). if you are running on an Anaconda terminal or any other, then you need to install git on your project environment from the terminal.
for anaconda, the problem gets solved by running:
conda install git