windows - git is not installed or not in the PATH

Question

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

Answer 1

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/