xcode-select active developer directory error

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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

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Manually installing Command LineTool worked for me.

I stalled xcode through App Store
Still could not download Homebrew
I installed Command Line Tool manually through link.
Bing Bang Boom

https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools

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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

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Type this in your terminal xcode-select --install sudo xcode-select -s  Applications Xcode app Contents Developer sudo xcodebuild -license accept

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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

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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     xcode-select --print-path  is equal to   Applications Xcode app Contents Developer       Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneSimulator platform  exists     xcodebuild -version  starts with  Xcode    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

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I had to run this first  sudo xcode-select --reset   then  sudo xcode-select -switch  Library Developer CommandLineTools   and then it worked

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XCode2  sudo xcode-select -s  Applications Xcode  2 app Contents Developer  Pay attention to the     to escape the space

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Please follow the steps below     The latest version of Xcode can be downloaded from https   developer apple com xcode download  It will be downloaded in the  Downloads  unless specified otherwise  Please make sure to check the path where you have downloaded and extracted the Xcode Now unlike other downloaded applications  on extraction  Xcode doesn t give the option to move it to Applications Note the XCODE-ACTUAL-LOCATION or move it to the Applications Note if you have downloaded Xcode or Xcode-beta   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

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This problem happens when xcode-select developer directory was pointing to  Library Developer CommandLineTools when a full regular Xcode was required  happens when CommandLineTools are installed after Xcode  Solution   Install Xcode  get it from  https   appstore com mac apple xcode  if you don t have it yet  Accept the Terms and Conditions  Ensure Xcode app is in the  Applications directory  NOT  Users  user  Applications   Point xcode-select to the Xcode app Developer directory using the following command  sudo xcode-select -s  Applications Xcode app Contents Developer  Note  Make sure your Xcode app path is correct   Xcode   Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Xcode-beta   Applications Xcode-beta app Contents Developer

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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

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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

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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    I opened Xcode  Preferences Locations Selected the Command Lin Tools  Xcode 6 1 1   Now when installing packages with npm I no longer get errors

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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

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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

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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

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Without Xcode  create file  usr local bin xcodebuild with content to cheat XcodeSelect       bin bash   exit 0   chmod  x  usr local bin xcodebuild

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Just in case you re using xcode beta   sudo xcode-select -s  Applications Xcode-Beta app Contents Developer

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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

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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  lt path gt   --switch  lt path gt   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

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Simple reinstall xcode-select  sudo rm -rf  Library Developer CommandLineTools xcode-select --install

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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

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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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Xcode  gt  Preferences  gt  Locations  gt  Command Line Tools  Select the option matching your version of Xcode

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There are only two steps required  and the full XCode app is not required at all   sudo rm -rf  Library Developer CommandLineTools xcode-select --install   At this point the  Installing Softwre  dialog pops up     That s it

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