bower command not found windows
bower, node.js, zurb-foundation
Solution
I bumped into this problem after `npm install -g bower` too. I solved the problem by adding npm's binary folder to my path.
Here are some helpful hints for doing that:
- Find the location of your npm global binaries: `npm config get prefix`. This path may look something like `C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm` (or `C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\nodejs.commandline.X.XX.XX\tools` if you use Chocolatey).
Add the path from step 1 to your Path.
Open the Windows Control Panel, search for `environment`, then click on either `edit environment variables for your account`, or Edit the system environment variables`.
Find the variable named `Path` or `PATH`, or create one if it doesn't exist.
Paste the path from step 1 here (`;` delimited).
You may need to restart your command prompt window.
You should now be able to enter `bower` commands.
Problem
I am having huge problems trying to use bower (to install foundation 5) or get anything bower related to work on the command line. I've installed - ruby 1.9.3 - git (with run from command prompt option) - Nodejs I've successfully ran ``` npm install -g bower grunt-cli gem install foundation ``` and these have ran fine. I've looked in the `npm/node_modules` directory and I can see `bower` folder in there. Every time I type `bower` either into the `cmd`, `ruby cmd` or `git bash` I get command not recognized I've set the git path in the environment variables. What's annoying is the instruction on the bower site. It states: ``` npm install -g bower bower install ``` Well this doesn't work!