ssh-keygen is not recognized as an internal or external command

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I run git push -u origin master  It tells me that  Permission denied  public key  fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly   Then I looked up on the internet and found that I had to generate an ssh key for my account on GitHub  However  upon doing so  when I tried to do ssh-keygen -t rsa  email youremail com  it simply said ssh-keygen is not recognized  I tried doing mkdir C  ssh but that didn t work  If it helps I m using Ruby Rails and I m on a Windows computer  Could anyone help me

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for those who does not choose BASH HERE option  type sh in cmd then they should have ssh-keygen exe accessible

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If you previously installed Git  open a git-bash and try the command from there

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don t do anything just type in your command prompt  C   gt  sh   then you got like this  sh-4 4     type here  ssh-4 4  ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C  example example com    this should must work

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If you have installed Git  and is installed at C  Program Files  follow as below   Go to  C  Program Files Git  Run git-bash exe  this opens a new window In the new bash window  run  ssh-keygen -t rsa -C   It prompts for file in which to save key  dont input any value - just press enter Same for passphrase  twice   just press enter id rsa and id rsa pub will be generated in your home folder under  ssh

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I just had this issue and thought I d share what I thought was an easier way around this    Open git-bash and run the same command with the addition of -C since you re commenting in your email address   ssh-keygen -t rsa -C  email youremail com  command  That s it   git-bash should have been installed when you installed git   If you can t find it you can check C  Program Files Git Git Bash  The first time I did this it failed to create the  ssh folder for me so I had to open a standard Command Prompt and mkdir C  Users yourusername  ssh

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I think you can add the location of the file ssh-keygen exe in the PATH environment variable  Follow the steps  Go to My Computer- Right click- Properties- Advanced System Settings- Click Environmental Variables  Now click PATH and then click EDIT  In the variable value field  go to the end and append   C  path to msysgit1 7 11 bin ssh-keygen exe   without quotes

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You probably should check this  Windows doesn t have that command built in

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I found an easy solution to fix this    In the command prompt  go to your git bin directory  and then execute your commands from here

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Just go to heroku bat and add    SET PATH  D  Program Files  x86  Git bin   PATH  after  SET PATH  HEROKU RUBY   PATH   in my case it s in D  Program Files  x86  Git bin  change it to the path you ve installed Git to   i just left it with my path so it will be clearer on how to write this

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In my machine  ssh-keygen was available from powershell

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For windows you can add this   SET PATH  C  Program Files Git usr bin   PATH

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Are you running msysgit  or some other form of Windows git installation  msysgit is only one possible way to run git on Windows but it s probably also the simplest one  It s also the way recommended by the git website at http   git-scm org     If you are using msysgit  then you need to run the command in Git Bash  not in a standard Windows command line prompt  Git Bash is a prompt that is installed for you by msysgit  and is basically the most common Linux command line shell  bash  packaged for Windows to facilitate command line usage of git  msysgit should also install the ssh-keygen program in a place where it is accessible from Git Bash  but not necessarily from your usual Windows command line prompt

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I got it fixed by just adding ssh-keygen to my environment variables

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ssh-keygen is a utility usually found on Linux distributions   You can use Cygwin on Windows to have most functionality of the Linux command line available to you   http   www cygwin com

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2012  ssh-keygen exe is part of msysgit    C  path to msysgit1 7 11 bin ssh-keygen exe   if your  PATH  includes C  path to msysgit1 7 11 bin   you will have ssh-keygen      Update 2015  ssh-keygen exe is part of Git For Windows  whose releases include PortableGit-2 4 3 1-2nd-release-candidate-64-bit 7z  c  path to PortableGit-2 4 3 1-2nd-release-candidate-64-bit usr bin ssh-keygen exe   That means the  PATH  must include c  path to PortableGit-2 4 3 1-2nd-release-candidate-64-bit usr bin  without the ssh-keygen exe   As I explained before  Git for Windows will soon phase out msysgit  I detailed in  Why is it that if you download Git 2 0 from the net  you always get a 1 9 4 installer package   how this new version is based on the more recent msys2 project

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if you run from cmd on windows check the path System Variable value must have inside C  Program Files Git bin  or the path of you git installation  on cmd type set to see the variables

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Search your git directory if you already install git  Use git bash should be on your C  Program Files Git bin depend on your installation location  If you already add the path just run sh on your cmd or open sh exe  type ssh-keygen  Then just insert name and passphrase  You can just type empty string

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I followed below in windows  With Git for Windows installed    Run  Git Gui   Start --  Git --  Git Gui  Click Help and then Show SSH Key Click Generate Key if you do not have one already   Note - this creates the key files under your personal profile folder C  Users YourUserID  ssh

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for all windows os  cd C  Program Files  x86  Git bin ssh-keygen

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Install msysgit  Right-click on any file   Select  Select Git Bash here  from menu Run ssh-keygen command from a git bash terminal

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No need to add anything to environmental variables   Just open up git bash and perform command the ssh-keygen in there   Link to download git bash here

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Running git bash as an admin worked for me

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STEP 1 Install Git   STEP 2 Add the path of your git to the environment variables like this C  Program Files  x86  Git bin   STEP 3 Open new terminal session and try ssh-keygen  It will work   NOTE New Terminal Window is must

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