How to Install Cordova CLI ??

Cordova command-line tool is distributed as an npm package in a ready-to-use format.

 It is not necessary to compile it from source.

Follow these steps:

Download and install Node.js.

Following installation, you should be able to invoke node and npm on your command line. If desired, you may optionally use a tool such as nvm or nave to manage your Node.js installation.

• Download and install a git client, if you don't already have one. Following installation, you should be able to invoke git on your command line. Even though you won't be using git manually, the CLI does use it behind-the-scenes to download some assets when creating a new project.

• Install the cordova module using npm utility of Node.js. The cordova module will automatically be downloaded by the npm utility.

       ·         On OS X and Linux        - >   $ sudo npm install -g cordova

 On OS X and Linux, prefixing the npm command with sudo may be necessary to install this   development utility in otherwise restricted directories such as /usr/local/share.

 If you are using the optional nvm/nave tool or have write access to the install directory, you may be  able to omit the sudo prefix.

      ·         on Windows:               -  >  C:\>npm install -g cordova

• The -g flag above tells npm to install cordova globally. Otherwise it will be installed in the node_modules subdirectory of the current working directory.

• You may need to add the npm directory to your PATH in order to invoke globally installed npm modules.

•  On Windows, npm can usually be found at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm. 

• On OS X and Linux it can usually be found at /usr/local/share/npm.

• The installation log may produce errors for any uninstalled platform SDKs.

• Following installation, you should be able to run cordova on the command line with no arguments and it should print help text.