Bower: ENOGIT Git is not installed or not in the PATH

Question

Git is installed and is in the path.

Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8.

>which git
/usr/local/bin/git

Yet bower can\'t find

Answer 1

You are missing the ENVIRONMENT PATH. Follow these steps:

1. Search for 'Edit the system environment variables'.
2. Click on 'Environment Variables'.
3. In the 'System variables' section, scroll down and click on the variable 'Path'. Click 'Edit'.
4. Append this text to the end of the 'Variable value'.

;%PROGRAMFILES%\Git\bin;%PROGRAMFILES%\Git\cmd

Answer 2

I bumped into this problem on a cPanel CentOS 6 linux machine. The solution for me was to symlink the cPanel git to /usr/local/bin/git

ln -s /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/git /usr/local/bin/git

Answer 3

Just use the Git Bash instead of node.js or command prompt

As an Example for installing ReactJS, after opening Git Bash, execute the following command to install react:

bower install --react

Answer 4

npm install from git bash did work for me. After rebooting PC.

Answer 5

Adding Git to Windows 7/8/8.1 Path

Note: You must have msysgit installed on your machine. Also, the path to my Git installation is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git". Yours might be different. Please check where yours is before continuing.

Open the Windows Environment Variables/Path Window.

1. Right-click on My Computer -> Properties
2. Click Advanced System Settings link from the left side column
3. Click Environment Variables in the bottom of the window
4. Then under System Variables look for the path variable and click edit

5. Add the pwd to Git's binary and cmd at the end of the string like this:

   ;%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\bin;%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\cmd
   

Now test it out in PowerShell. Type git and see if it recognizes the command.

Source: Adding Git to Windows 7 Path

Answer 6

I had the same problem and needed to restart the cmd - and the problem goes away.