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 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:
/Applications directory (NOT /Users/{user}/Applications).xcode-select to the Xcode app Developer directory using the following command:sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/DeveloperNote: Make sure your Xcode app path is correct.
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/DeveloperI 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.
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.
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
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
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.
Manually installing Command LineTool worked for me.
https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools
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.
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.
None of the above solutions helped me. I was working on an old project, and I had the latest version of NodeJs installed globally (v14.x) on my computer.
No node version above 10.1.x worked for me and when testing I received the same error as above.
npm install now works.I will now need to update my versions, or Specify my node version in my package.json.
