Hi Michael
I get the same result when I run "npm install adapt-cli -g" from a windows command prompt. Running from Git Bash installs the cli tools. Can you check if you have Git in your path.
It could also be an issue with a firewall blocking "git://". You could try amending the git config to use https by using the following command in Git bash:
git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
Dan