How to install bower package with a slash in the name?

Question

I'm trying to install https://github.com/aterrien/jQuery-Knob through bower. In the bower.json file of the package I see:

{ "name": "aterrien/jQuery-Knob", "version": "1.2.9", .. }

So in my bower.json file I put in:

"aterrien/jQuery-Knob": "1.2.9"

When I run bower install I'm getting this:

bower jQuery-Knob#1.2.9         cached aterrien/jQuery-Knob=https://github.com/aterrien/jQuery-Knob.git#1.2.9
bower jQuery-Knob#1.2.9       validate 1.2.9 against aterrien/jQuery-Knob=https://github.com/aterrien/jQuery-Knob.git#1.2.9
bower jQuery-Knob#1.2.9        ECMDERR Failed to execute "git ls-remote --tags --heads a terrien/jQuery-Knob=https://github.com/aterrien/jQuery-Knob.git", exit code of #128

Additional error details:
fatal: I don't handle protocol 'aterrien/jQuery-Knob=https'

Why is it prepending the package name to the protocol? And how should I install this package?

Answer 1

had same problem with this plugin, remove it and install like this:

bower install jquery-knob

notice the lowercase and no need for the 'aterrien/'
it worked for me