Xcode select error tool xcodebuild requires xcode but active developer directory

asked Jul 31, 2013 at 20:52

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:

1. Install Xcode (get it from https://appstore.com/mac/apple/xcode) if you don’t have it yet.
2. Accept the Terms and Conditions.
3. Ensure Xcode app is in the /Applications directory (NOT /Users/{user}/Applications).
4. 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

Other solution for those who don’t want to install Xcode:

1. Install Command Line Tools (if you haven’t already):

   xcode-select --install

2. Change the active directory:

   sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

This worked for me (git).

answered Oct 22, 2013 at 22:44

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.

answered Feb 9, 2015 at 13:18

Xcode > Preferences > Locations > Command Line Tools

Select the option matching your version of Xcode.

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.

answered Jan 8, 2018 at 16:27

I just ran the following command and the issue was resolved for me:

sudo xcode-select --reset

answered Aug 13, 2021 at 16:28

Type this in your terminal

xcode-select --install
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
sudo xcodebuild -license accept

if you installed XCode already, All you have to do is to…

• Open XCode
• Go To Xcode > Preferences > Locations
• From the Command Line Tools Select your XCode
  

answered Jul 20, 2022 at 19:09

Just in case you’re using xcode beta:

sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode-Beta.app/Contents/Developer

answered Feb 8, 2016 at 20:30

I had to run this first

sudo xcode-select --reset

then

sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

and then it worked.

answered Aug 3, 2019 at 21:11

I was having the same problem in high sierra.
running the following command solved it

npm explore npm -g -- npm install node-gyp@latest

Please follow the steps below :

1. The latest version of Xcode can be downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download/
2. 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
3. Now unlike other downloaded applications, on extraction, Xcode doesn’t give the option to move it to Applications
4. Note the XCODE-ACTUAL-LOCATION or move it to the Applications
5. 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

answered May 8, 2020 at 7:46

Without Xcode: create file /usr/local/bin/xcodebuild with content to cheat XcodeSelect

  #!/bin/bash
  exit 0

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/xcodebuild

answered Dec 23, 2015 at 16:13

answered Jul 26, 2019 at 17:33

I was able to solve this error without installing the full Xcode application. You must, however, have xcode command line tools installed.

From here:

1. $ cd /usr/bin
2. $ sudo mv xcodebuild xcodebuild.orig (A backup just in case)
3. $ vim xcodebuild
4. Paste the following:

#!/bin/bash
if [[ $1 == '-version' ]]; then
  echo "Xcode 10.2.1"
  echo "Build version 10E1001"
else
  /usr/bin/xcodebuild.bak $@
fi

1. $ sudo chmod +x xcodebuild

answered Apr 25, 2020 at 20:20

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answered Apr 1, 2016 at 6:16

For context, today is Jan 28, 2019.

On my Mac, I did two things to resolve this problem:

1. Run the following command in your terminal:
   sudo xcode-select --install

2. 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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