How to include a package from a repository in package.json for npm?

Question

npm

I include the package:

"dependencies": {"jquery-timer-plugin": "git://github.com/jbrooksuk/jQuery-Timer-Plugin"},

And on npm i command I get the error:

npm ERR! addLocal Could not install /tmp/npm-6320-f1652e63/git-cache-55847ecd/86f281fbc94d06bca233918b501ef999165c5f93
npm ERR! Linux 4.2.0-c9
npm ERR! argv "/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v6.2.2/bin/node" "/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v6.2.2/bin/npm" "i"
npm ERR! node v6.2.2
npm ERR! npm v3.10.1
npm ERR! code EISDIR
npm ERR! errno -21
npm ERR! syscall read

What could be the problem?
If due to the lack of a package file for this package, then how to connect without it?