npm install shows error with git not found

Harikrishnan C U picture Harikrishnan C U · Jun 6, 2019 · Viewed 10.2k times · Source

I have recently added some dependencies to the package.JSON and tried installing npm . but it shows errors related to git not found

Error Screenshot

npm ERR! path git
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn git
npm ERR! enoent Error while executing:
npm ERR! enoent undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://[email protected]/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! enoent spawn git ENOENT
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

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Answer

Shashank Vivek picture Shashank Vivek · Jun 6, 2019

You need to install git in your machine to have it working.

undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://[email protected]/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git

it should have been

git ls-remote -h -t ssh://[email protected]/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git

There is error related to git path. check this ls-remote command