/bin/sh: cordova: command not found

[devinrhode2]

On a fresh ember app, just after doing ember new my-app I install ember-cordova and am getting this error:

➤ ember install ember-cordova                          git:master
Installed packages for tooling via npm.
installing ember-cordova
  create /ember-cordova/.npmignore
/bin/sh: cordova: command not found
File: /bin/sh
Command failed: cordova create cordova sympstruments sympstruments
Error: Command failed: cordova create cordova sympstruments sympstruments
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:464:13)
    at execSync (child_process.js:504:13)
    at /Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cordova/lib/tasks/bash.js:23:7
    at lib$rsvp$$internal$$initializePromise (/Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cli/node_modules/rsvp/dist/rsvp.js:1084:9)
    at PromiseExt.lib$rsvp$promise$$Promise (/Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cli/node_modules/rsvp/dist/rsvp.js:546:53)
    at new PromiseExt (/Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cli/lib/ext/promise.js:32:8)
    at Class.module.exports.Task.extend.run (/Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cordova/lib/tasks/bash.js:17:12)
    at Class.module.exports.Task.extend.run (/Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cordova/lib/tasks/create-cordova-project.js:30:21)
    at Class.module.exports.afterInstall (/Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cordova/blueprints/ember-cordova/index.js:42:19)
    at lib$rsvp$$internal$$tryCatch (/Users/devinrhode2/repos/sympstruments/node_modules/ember-cli/node_modules/rsvp/dist/rsvp.js:1036:16)
sympstruments ➤

[devinrhode2]

hold the phone.. digging in some more https://www.google.com/search?q=cordova%3A+command+not+found&oq=cordova%3A+command+not+found&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.515j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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[devinrhode2]

just had to npm install -g cordova