Installing the Apache Cordova Command Line Interface

Apache Cordova includes a command line interface for managing Cordova applications and the application development process.

Context

See http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/6.x/guide/cli/index.html Information published on non-SAP site . Follow all of the steps in the Cordova command line interface readme.md.

Open a command prompt window, and enter:
- On Windows: npm install -g cordova@<latest_supported_version>
- On Mac: sudo npm install -g cordova@<latest_supported_version>
-g indicates that Apache Cordova should be installed globally.

Note
If you are installing on Mac and you see a warning message that you are installing globally into a root-only directory, run this command to change the owner of the command line interface installation folder: sudo chown -R user_name /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova

You can copy the command text from the error message and paste it in at the command prompt at the bottom of the terminal window.
On Mac, when prompted, enter your root user password.
Verify the Cordova installation by entering this command at the command prompt, or in the terminal window:cordova –v

The output shows the Cordova version installed, for example, 6.0.0.

You should also scroll back through the entire installation history shown in the terminal and look for errors to verify the installation was successful.