npm install shows error with git not found

Question

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://git@github.com/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 1

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

undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git

it should have been

git ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git

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

Answer 2

In my case, I had Git installed, but it was only accessible from Git Bash (I had selected the first option below when installing). I reinstalled with the second option and it solved the issue: