Issue installing bower on windows

Question

I'm using Windows 7 64bit and I install Bower with

npm install -g bower

It seems to install correctly.

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/amdefine
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/amdefine
C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local\bower -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local\node_
modules\bower\bin\bower
bower@1.3.3 C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local\node_modules\bower
...

But bower is not working:

$bower
sh.exe": bower: command not found

$bower -v
sh.exe": bower: command not found

What could be wrong?

Check if `C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local` is added to your Path Environment Variable. — daniula, May 13 '14 at 21:53

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '14 at 21:02

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Same problem but for me I had to add the Path Environment Variable that pointed to the AppData/Roming/ folder. I have no idea why node.js would install npm in the Roming folder. If I didn't have hidden folders turned on we never would have found it.

C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm;

Then npm works from Node.js command prompt, and bower works from GitBash.

answered Sep 03 '14 at 21:02

Aleksandr Gembinski

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It's explained in the troubleshooting of Node. https://github.com/npm/npm/wiki/Troubleshooting#upgrading-on-windows – Afshin Moazami Mar 30 '15 at 19:54

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '14 at 00:04

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Check if C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local is added to your Path Environment Variable.

answered May 15 '14 at 00:04

daniula

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 20 '15 at 12:20

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Check your version of node, I was running on v0.10.15 then updated to v0.10.35 and that fixed the issue for me.

answered Jan 20 '15 at 12:20

zadubz

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Issue installing bower on windows

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