npm install web3 Install fails： undefined ls-remote

Question

Installation Environment

win7 64bit

I:\nodejs>node -v

v10.13.0

I:\nodejs>npm -v

6.4.1

I:\nodejs>npm install web3

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Use mz or fs-extra^3.0 with Promise Support
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: ⚠️  WARNING ⚠️ tar.gz module has been deprecated and your appli
npm ERR! code ENOGIT
npm ERR! Error while executing:
npm ERR! undefined ls-remote -h -t git://github.com/frozeman/WebSocket-Node.git
npm ERR!
npm ERR! undefined
npm ERR! No git binary found in $PATH
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed using git.
npm ERR! Please check if you have git installed and in your PATH.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-11-11T09_18_45_834Z-debug.log

I have never encountered such a problem, and I have not found any clues on google.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

npm ERR! code ENOGIT
npm ERR! Error while executing:
npm ERR! undefined ls-remote -h -t git://github.com/frozeman/WebSocket-Node.git
npm ERR!
npm ERR! undefined
npm ERR! No git binary found in $PATH
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed using git.

Those lines tells you that the problem is the missing git. Here is your solution.