PhoneGap "git" command line tool is not installed

Question

I'm using Phonegap 3.0 and the Command Line Interface as per the phonegap website install instructions. I have created an app just fine on iOS:

npm install -g phonegap ...

phonegap create Test -n Test (creates an app named "Test" and located in "Test" folder)

phonegap build ios then...

phonegap local plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-console.git Which responds with this error:

Error fetching plugin: Error: "git" command line tool is not installed: make sure it is accessible on your PATH.

Now, I have tried installing the "git" command line tool, but I'm not exactly sure if I'm installing it right, or if I was even downloading the right thing, or how to align the PATH to be accessible.

Any advice here? Has anyone dealt with or seen this? Thank you very much

Answer 1

Download and install git from http://git-scm.com/downloads . Set path in System Environment variable pointing to the installation path, in my case C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin.

So go to control panel-> system ->Advance System Settings -> Environment Variable -> System Variable

Select Path and Edit it. Append C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin to it.

It will work for sure.

Answer 2

Hi "git" is also a node module. Simplest way want i found is.

npm install -g git 

This will install git in you node source location as a module.

Restart the machine.

Install phonegap plugin:

C:\Users\user1\yourprojectname>cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-camera.git

You will get response as:

Fetching plugin from "https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-cam
            era.git"...
Starting installation of "org.apache.cordova.camera" for android
Preparing android project org.apache.cordova.camera installed on android.

Hope this will be very helpful. If any issue reply.

Answer 3

Just download the git CLI tool for Mac:

http://git-scm.com/download/mac