npm i creates an empty node_modules folder with a bunch of errors

My log is showing errors like ths:

8004 silly decomposeActions postinstall [email protected]
8005 silly decomposeActions finalize [email protected]
8006 silly decomposeActions refresh-package-json [email protected]
8007 silly decomposeActions fetch [email protected]
8008 silly decomposeActions extract [email protected]
8009 silly decomposeActions preinstall [email protected]
8010 silly decomposeActions build [email protected]
...

and this:

12967 silly install executeActions
12968 silly doSerial global-install 11504
12969 verbose correctMkdir C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_locks correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
12970 verbose makeCacheDir UID & GID are irrelevant on win32
12971 verbose lock using C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_locks\staging-aa1fc1d7388a744c.lock for C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging
12972 silly doParallel extract 1438
12973 silly extract @babel/[email protected]
12974 silly extract @babel/[email protected]
...

and this:

15201 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat 'C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging\http-proxy-ff2d4d3c\lib'
15202 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging\serve-index-d4332bc8\public\icons\page_white_cplusplus.png'
15203 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging\rxjs-a4d600b6\add\observable\bindNodeCallback.js'
15204 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging\eslint-plugin-es-078213ac\lib\rules\no-async-functions.js'
15205 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging\foundation-sites-24b8cf12\docs\partials\training-callout.html'
15206 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging\eslint-e454ce45\lib\rules\no-multi-str.js'
15207 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name\node_modules\.staging\is-color-stop-a6d5d559\lib\isTransparent.js'
...

and the last part:

18048 verbose stack Error: spawn git ENOENT
18048 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:19)
18048 verbose stack     at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:472:16)
18048 verbose stack     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:82:21)
18049 verbose cwd C:\Users\Joe Bloggs\Courses\my-application-name
18050 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.22000
18051 verbose argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "i"
18052 verbose node v14.21.1
18053 verbose npm  v6.14.17
18054 error code ENOENT
18055 error syscall spawn git
18056 error path git
18057 error errno -4058
18058 error enoent Error while executing:
18058 error enoent undefined ls-remote -h -t https://github.com/pipwerks/scorm-api-wrapper.git
18058 error enoent
18058 error enoent
18058 error enoent spawn git ENOENT
18059 error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
18060 verbose exit [ -4058, true ]