Xcode is not currently available from the Software Update server

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I have problems with my macport after update to OS X 10 9    I try to follow this manual https   trac macports org wiki Migration to fix them   But when I install Command Line Tools      xcode-select --install   I get message      Can t install the software because it is not currently available from   the Software Update server    Meanwhile I successfully updated my other machine to OS X 10 9  and installed command-line tools with no problems  so they must be available   What is the problem here

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I deleted the command tools directory given by xcode-select -p due to npm gyp error.

xcode-select failed to install the files with the not available error.

I ran the Xcode application and the command tools installed as part of the startup.

npm worked.

However this didn't fully fix the tools. I had to use xcode-select to switch the path to the Developer directory within the Xcode application directory.

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

MacOS catalina.

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I solved this by going to the App Store and installing Xcode  It was a pretty large 11GB install  so this is probably overkill  But  as a last resort  it seems to have solve my issues  In the middle of the installation  well around 10GB   Mac OS told me there was an update to Command Line Tools for Xcode  Performing this installation won t fix anything until Xcode is fully installed  Once the install is done  it should start working  after you accept the license agreement

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I faced same problem of Can t install the software because it is currently not available from the Software Update Server  You may try following steps instead to make the Software Update initiate update for the Command Line Tools   Check if Command Line Tools Update is mentioned in your list of softwares to be updated by using following command  softwareupdate -l If Command Line Tools Update is not mentioned in that list  then manually make it part of the list using following command which will create a temporary file  sudo touch  tmp  com apple dt CommandLineTools installondemand in-progress Verify that the list now has the Command Line Tools mentioned by running softwareupdate -l again  Now  press Cmd Space to initiate Mac s Spotlight Search  Search for Software Update  Start the Software Update  That will show you following kind of dialog for installing the Command Line Tools  Install away the update and be merry      Remove the temporary file created in Step 2  sudo rm  tmp  com apple dt CommandLineTools installondemand in-progress

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If you are trying this on a latest Mac OS X Mavericks  command line tools come with the Xcode 5 x So make sure you have installed  amp  updated Xcode to latest after which make sure Xcode command line tools is pointed correctly using this command xcode-select -p  Which might show some path like   Applications Xcode app Contents Developer  Change the path to correct path using the switch command  sudo xcode-select --switch  Library Developer CommandLineTools   this should help you set it to correct path  after which you can use the same above command  -p to check if it is set correctly

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You can download the command line tools for OS X Mavericks manually from here   https   developer apple com downloads index action name for 20Xcode

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Command   Space  Search for Xcode  Open it and accept license  Then run again from terminal xcode-select --install

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I just got the same error after I upgraded to 10 14 Mojave and had to reinstall command line tools  I don t use the full Xcode IDE and wanted command line tools a la carte   My xcode-select -p path was right  per Basav s answer  so that wasn t the issue  I also ran sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog per Lambda W s answer and that reset to Apple Production  but did not make a difference  What worked was User 92 s answer to visit https   developer apple com download more   From there I was able to download a  dmg file that had a GUI installer wizard for command line tools    I installed that  then I restarted terminal and everything was back to normal

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The command     xcode-select --install   proposes 3 options  Get Xcode  Not Now  Install   When I choose to get full Xcode the command finished successfully  It took a while  but this way I was able to complete all macports migration instructions

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This error can occur if you are using a software update server which doesn t host the required package   You can check this by running  defaults read  Library Preferences com apple SoftwareUpdate   and seeing if you have an entry called CatalogURL or AppleCatalogURL  You can point back at the Apple software update server by either removing this entry or using the command  sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog   And then run the command line tools install again

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For OSX 10 11 or more you can download from here https   developer apple com download more      The link in the accepted answer doesn t display command line tools for El Capitan  OSX 10 11

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I got the same issue on MacOS Catalina  I think I identified the root cause  I have switched the default Apple ID account and the new one was not activated as a Developer account  When I ran the xcode-select --install command  I got the same error as stated in the issue description  After reading this post on stackoverflow  I went on https   developer apple com downloads and I was asked to accept Developers terms  I think it enabled my account as a developer one  Then  I tried to run  xcode-select --install again and it worked

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I know this is an old post but I also ran into this problem today  I found out that when I executed sudo softwareupdate -l the Command Line Tools were listed as an update  so I installed them using sudo softwareupdate -i -a

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Once you get the command line tools loaded as described by Nikos M in his excellent answer above you will need to agree to the gcc license and if you are using ruby gems you may need to link llvm-gcc as gcc-4 2     If you do not do these the gem install will report  You have to install development tools first   after you have already installed them   The steps are   sudo gcc sudo ln -s  usr bin llvm-gcc  usr bin gcc-4 2   The gcc must be run once under sudo so Apple can update their license info  you don t need an input file  it will update the license before it checks its arguments   The link is needed so that ruby 1 9 can find the compiler when building certain gems  such as the debugger   This may be fixed in ruby 2 x  but I ll cross that bridge when I get there

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I had to run Xcode app and agree to the License Agreement  Setup  Brand new MacBook with Mavericks  then brew install and other c l type things  just work

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Had the same issue and was getting the same error  When i ran xcode-select -p  it gave output as  Library Developer CommandLineTools  So that means xcode was already installed in my system  Then i ran steps as given on this answer  After which any command which required xcode ran successfully

[xcode] Xcode is not currently available from the Software Update server

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