Saw the following error when running an npm install
which required node-gyp
... but could be triggered by anything which requires xcode-select
.
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
What is the problem?
This question is related to
xcode
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Simple reinstall xcode-select
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
xcode-select --install
For context, today is Jan 28, 2019.
On my Mac, I did two things to resolve this problem:
Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo xcode-select --install
Restart your Mac.
Until I restarted the computer, the problem kept occurring in my Android Studio. After reboot, it was working just fine. Also note that I did not execute any --switch
commands as others are doing. I hope this helps.
Just in case you're using xcode beta:
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode-Beta.app/Contents/Developer
None of the above worked for me. I originally installed Command Line Tools separately, and then all of Xcode. What worked for me was to uninstall Command Line Tools as shown here. Then, when trying to run xcode-select
again, I was asked to reinstall them.
*By the way, the very reason why I found this thread was because I had installed some libraries (particularly gcc
) with macports
, presumably using the old Command Line Tools, and then I installed the full Xcode midway into development. So anyways, for my case, I had to reinstall macports
after removing the stand-alone Command Line Tools, reinstalling them, reinstalling gcc
, and then my compilation worked.
Other solution for those who don't want to install Xcode:
Install Command Line Tools (if you haven't already):
xcode-select --install
Change the active directory:
sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
This worked for me (git).
Install Xcode from App Store. After installing run xcodebuild with root privileges i.e. sudo xcodebuild
and accept the language. After this npm install bcrypt
worked like a charm!
Please follow the steps below :
Based on 4 and 5, execute one of the commands (Do not execute all of them without reading above description):
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer
sudo xcode-select -s /[XCODE-ACTUAL-LOCATION]/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
sudo xcode-select -s /[XCODE-ACTUAL-LOCATION]/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer
In case you are using Xcode beta, run
sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer
instead of
sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Without Xcode: create file /usr/local/bin/xcodebuild
with content to cheat XcodeSelect
#!/bin/bash
exit 0
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/xcodebuild
Manually installing Command LineTool worked for me.
https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools
XCode2: sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode\ 2.app/Contents/Developer
Pay attention to the "\" to escape the space
I was able to solve this error without installing the full Xcode application. You must, however, have xcode command line tools installed.
From here:
$ cd /usr/bin
$ sudo mv xcodebuild xcodebuild.orig
(A backup just in case)$ vim xcodebuild
- Paste the following:
#!/bin/bash
if [[ $1 == '-version' ]]; then
echo "Xcode 10.2.1"
echo "Build version 10E1001"
else
/usr/bin/xcodebuild.bak $@
fi
$ sudo chmod +x xcodebuild
I had two instance of Xcode installed xcode.app and xcode-beta.app When I tried to create a build with netbeans it showed me the error "supported version of xcode and command line tools not found netbeans"
I followed the following steps:
after 1 I found that it is pointing me to xcode-beta.app
so here is the solution which worked like a charm:
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
I had to run this first
sudo xcode-select --reset
then
sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
and then it worked.
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode 10.app/Contents/Developer
languoguangs-iMac:/ languoguang$ sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode 10.app/Contents/Developer
xcode-select: error: invalid argument '10.app/Contents/Developer'
Usage: xcode-select [options]
Print or change the path to the active developer directory. This directory
controls which tools are used for the Xcode command line tools (for example,
xcodebuild) as well as the BSD development commands (such as cc and make).
Options:
-h, --help print this help message and exit
-p, --print-path print the path of the active developer directory
-s <path>, --switch <path> set the path for the active developer directory
--install open a dialog for installation of the command line developer tools
-v, --version print the xcode-select version
-r, --reset reset to the default command line tools path
languoguangs-iMac:/ languoguang$ sudo xcode-select -s "/Applications/Xcode 10.app/Contents/Developer"
because my Xcode name in Application is "Xcode 10",
sudo xcode-select -s "/Applications/Xcode 10.app/Contents/Developer"
works.
In my case,
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
didn't work because my Xcode had some special name. eg) Xcode_11.2.0_beta_2_stackoverflow.app
cd /applications
ls
Then I found my Xcode name, then replace it with
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/{myXcodeName}.app/Contents/Developer
It worked for me.
Download Xcode from App Store.
Go to Xcode preferences/Locations/CommandlineTools
You just have to set it to the Xcode version. It automatically points to '/Application/Xcode.app'
Type this in your terminal
xcode-select --install
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
sudo xcodebuild -license accept
Simply run sudo xcode-select -r
which should automatically reset the path.
-r, --reset
Unsets any user-specified developer directory, so that the developer directory will be found via the default search mechanism. This command must be
run with superuser permissions (see sudo(8)), and will affect all users on the system.
I was having an issue while trying to install packages using npm. I got the error: "sudo xcode-select -s /Applications//Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/"
To fix this
Now when installing packages with npm I no longer get errors.
I was having the same problem in high sierra. running the following command solved it
npm explore npm -g -- npm install node-gyp@latest
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