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I want to install webjs so I run the below command but it is showing an error.

$ sudo npm install -g web3

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://[email protected]/web3-js/WebSocket-Node.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:
npm ERR!     /home/nithin/.npm/_logs/2019-09-18T09_41_14_857Z-debug.log
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  • Try this: open the packge-lock.json file which was created where you've just executed that npm install command, search for WebSocket in it, and change http://github.com to git://github.com
    – goodvibration
    Commented Sep 18, 2019 at 9:54
  • there is no WebSocket inside packge-lock.json file
    – Darshan
    Commented Sep 18, 2019 at 9:58
  • Which OS are you using? From the error message it seems you lack the git command.
    – Ismael ♦
    Commented Sep 18, 2019 at 16:17
  • I am using ubuntu OS
    – Darshan
    Commented Sep 19, 2019 at 4:50

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I am expecting that you already executed npm init at first.

I assume you are using windows? I always develop blockchain related stuff on Ubuntu.

Here is what you need to do on windows to set it up properly.

Step 1: npm install -g --production windows-build-tools

Step 2: npm install -g node-gyp

Now it should work!

If you still have a problem make sure that your git is installed globally and accessible.

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  • The log shows slashes / as path separator so it can't be native Windows, so it is Linux or Macos and there installing windows-build-tools doesn't work.
    – Ismael ♦
    Commented Sep 18, 2019 at 16:27
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    @Ismael thanks for pointing that out. I have already mentioned the other solution to this problem. For the sake of completeness I will leave the other info for windows users.
    – cqx
    Commented Sep 18, 2019 at 17:27
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    @NiklasFeurstein, I am using using ubuntu OS
    – Darshan
    Commented Sep 19, 2019 at 4:52

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