title: 'appium' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
body: <p>Trying to install appium on Windows using the following command:
  <code>npm install -g appium</code> </p>
  
  <p>But I am getting following error.Please give me some solutions to solve this problem.Just i downloaded appium for windows then I tried <code>npm install -g appium</code> command in command prompt.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    C:\Users\Gideon&gt;npm install -g appium
  npm WARN `git config --get remote.origin.url` returned wrong result (git://githu
  b.com/vojtajina/traceur-compiler) undefined
  npm WARN `git config --get remote.origin.url` returned wrong result (git://githu
  b.com/vojtajina/traceur-compiler) undefined
  npm ERR! git clone git://github.com/vojtajina/traceur-compiler undefined
  npm ERR! git clone git://github.com/vojtajina/traceur-compiler undefined
  \
  
  
  &gt; bufferutil@1.0.1 install C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appi
  um\node_modules\ws\node_modules\bufferutil
  &gt; node-gyp rebuild
  
  |
  C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\ws\node_mod
  ules\bufferutil&gt;node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\
  \..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
  gyp ERR! configure error
  gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYT
  HON env variable.
  gyp ERR! stack     at failNoPython (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\nod
  e_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:103:14)
  gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node
  -gyp\lib\configure.js:64:11
  gyp ERR! stack     at Object.oncomplete (evalmachine.&lt;anonymous&gt;:108:15)
  gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.2.9200
  gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modu
  les\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
   ERR! cwd C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\w
  s\node_modules\bufferutil
  gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.35
  gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.1
  gyp ERR! not ok
  npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing bufferutil@1.0.1
  
  
  &gt; utf-8-validate@1.0.1 install C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\
  appium\node_modules\ws\node_modules\utf-8-validate
  &gt; node-gyp rebuild
  
  
  C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\ws\node_mod
  ules\utf-8-validate&gt;node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-
  bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
  gyp ERR! configure error
  gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYT
  HON env variable.
  gyp ERR! stack     at failNoPython (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\nod
  e_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:103:14)
  gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node
  -gyp\lib\configure.js:64:11
  gyp ERR! stack     at Object.oncomplete (evalmachine.&lt;anonymous&gt;:108:15)
  gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.2.9200
  gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modu
  les\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
  gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_module
  s\ws\node_modules\utf-8-validate
  gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.35
  gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.1
  gyp ERR! not ok
  npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing utf-8-validate@1.0.1
  -
  
  
  &gt; ws@0.5.0 install C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_
  modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\node_modules\ws
  &gt; (node-gyp rebuild 2&gt; builderror.log) || (exit 0)
  
  |
  C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\socket.io\n
  ode_modules\engine.io\node_modules\ws&gt;node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules
  \npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
  |
  &gt; ws@0.4.31 install C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node
  _modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\engine.io-client\n
  ode_modules\ws
  &gt; (node-gyp rebuild 2&gt; builderror.log) || (exit 0)
  
  
  C:\Users\Gideon\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\socket.io\n
  ode_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\engine.io-client\node_modules\ws&gt;node
  "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\n
  ode-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
  npm WARN engine hawk@0.10.2: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.35
  ","npm":"1.4.28"})
  npm WARN engine cryptiles@0.1.3: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.1
  0.35","npm":"1.4.28"})
  npm WARN engine hoek@0.7.6: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.35"
  ,"npm":"1.4.28"})
  npm WARN engine boom@0.3.8: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.35"
  ,"npm":"1.4.28"})
  npm WARN engine sntp@0.1.4: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.35"
  ,"npm":"1.4.28"})
  npm ERR! not found: git
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! Failed using git.
  npm ERR! This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
  npm ERR! Please check if you have git installed and in your PATH.
  
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.2.9200
  npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nod
  ejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "appium"
  npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\Gideon
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.35
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28
  npm ERR! code ENOGIT
  npm ERR! not ok code 0
  
  
  C:\Users\Gideon&gt;appium 
  </code></pre>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>'appium' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.</p>
  </blockquote>