I’m pretty certain that the installer is fried 
(https://github.com/swcarpentry/windows-installer/issues/61).

When we taught in January, we used instructions that I poached from elsewhere 
(sorry I forget who!). You can see the adapted instructions we used to get a 
text editor installed for window’s users here:

https://umswc.github.io/2017-01-17-UMich/


You can use your favorite text editor. If you do not have one, we recommend 
Notepad++ or Sublime Text. Be aware that you must add its installation 
directory to your system path.

To add Notepad++ to the path:
1) Open Git-Bash from the start menu.
2) Type: cd [enter] to make sure you are in your home directory.
3) Type: notepad .bashrc [enter]. This will create .bashrc file in Notepad. Add 
the following text to the file:
export PATH=$PATH:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++" 
alias npp=notepad++
4) Save the file and exit Notepad.
5) Open a new Git-Bash window. You should now be able to launch Notepad++ by 
typing: npp [enter]. If you run into trouble please ask your instructor to help 
you with this.

This worked very well for our workshop…
Pat


> On Mar 6, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Ted Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I think you need to use the SWC windows installer 
> (https://github.com/swcarpentry/windows-installer/releases/download/v0.3/SWCarpentryInstaller.exe
>  
> <https://github.com/swcarpentry/windows-installer/releases/download/v0.3/SWCarpentryInstaller.exe>)
>   That will give you nano and sqlite3 for windows.  However the last time I 
> ran a workshop (2 weeks ago) it only worked about 40% of the time, and I 
> could never figure out why.  
> 
> T
> 
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:25 AM Moore, Nathan T <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> At a workshop this morning a few of our learners see a “nano not found” error 
> after installing gitbash on Windows.
> 
>  
> 
> Is this a known error/bug? 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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> 
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