How come npm install doesn't work on git bash

Question

I have git bash open and I type in npm install and then it returns:

bash: npm command not found

I don\'t understand, because I

Answer 1

if you have installed node / npm in a drive other than the os drive you will need to node and npm to the path environment variable (windows) right click on this pc go to advanced system settings -> environment variables -> double click on path and add

Drive:\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin

Drive:\nodejs

click ok and close the opened cli and open it again to check in cli run :

echo "$PATH"