I performed a fresh install of macOS Mojave 10.14. Immediately after that I installed Xcode Version 10.0 (10A255) from the Mac App Store.
Now, I wish to install Homebrew which requires Xcode command line tools to be installed. My understanding is that installing Xcode also installs the command line tools. Or not?
As per this answer, I checked if the command line tools are installed by running:
xcode-select -p
which printed the path for the Developer directory as follows:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
As suggested in the answer, I also verified the return value by running:
echo $?
which retuned 0.
I also ran, gcc and make and bash was able to locate and execute them.
Thus far I am convinced that the Xcode command line tools are installed. Now when I execute:
xcode-select --install
I get this alert:
What's the probable reason for this disparity? Will this install Xcode command line tools twice? Or overwrite the existing installation?
As I understand, Xcode command line tools can be installed without installing Xcode. Also, from my previous experience, if the command line tools aren't installed separately from Xcode (by running xcode-select --install), they are not detected by Homebrew, i.e. when running brew config, the value for CLT: is shown as N/A.
Here's the complete picture (pardon the pun):
Although I am talking in context of macOS Mojave, the question remains the same with regard to previous versions of macOS.
What is the advisable approach to take here?
Note: After installing Xcode, I launched it, accepted license agreement and let it finish its run of installing additional tools (which is a one time activity).
Following worked for me, only command line tool can also me installed.
After you updated to Mojave 10.14 Go to https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ search for "command line" then
Download "Command line tool for MacOS 10.14"
Once dmg is downloaded install the package.
Verify package installation
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I am installing homebrew on macOS High Sierra 10.13. I have already installed the Command Line Tools for Xcode which is a requirement for homebrew. When installation of homebrew starts I am forced to install command line tools (or abort). When I do this the installation process hangs. I don't understand why this hangs but more importantly I don't understand why it is trying to install CLT when I can show that they are already available on my machine.
Right click the link below and save it as homebrew-install.sh
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh
Open homebrew-install.sh with a text editor and change the definition of the method should_install_command_line_tools to return 1
Make homebrew-install.sh executable (by running chmod u+x homebrew-install.sh) and then run ./homebrew-install.sh
In my case the xcode command line tools can be installed.
My environment is mac os.
In the terminal please enter
xcode-select --install
And it takes a little time to install
Check out macOS requirements in this article [https://docs.brew.sh/Installation]
good luck.
I did these steps:
Updated to Mojave
Installed Xcode 10 beta3
Ran this command: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/
Now I'm trying to install node8:
brew install node#8
And it gives me this error:
Error: The Command Line Tools header package must be installed on Mojave.
The installer is located at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg
Still, doing
install -pkg /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg
does nothing, since there's no such file in my system. Where could I get it?
Go to /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg location and install package manually. And brew will start working.
I want to try and answer this question and also for those that come later that installed Mojave and had an older Xcode version installed. The process is the same minus that if you have Xcode 10, you don't need to install it again from my understanding.
The folder is hidden and was not accessible even with a sudo find command, however, I figured out that copying the absolute path and then pasting it in your browser address bar will give you the download and access to the folder that you need to fix brew install.
I posted a video here- https://youtu.be/GfnhSirTCGM that walks you thru part of my steps above. After you do the SDK headers download, its likely that unless you already are running Xcode 9.4, you will need to visit, https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ and look for Xcode 9.4 to install. Also grab the 10.14 command line tools as well. The lesson that should be learned here is that Apple calls it "Beta" for a reason and if you are a developer that knows the pains of setup, it is a bad idea. I hope that I was helpful! The last thing is, INSTALL XCODE THEN COMMAND LINE TOOLS-IN THAT ORDER OR IT ERRORS OUT! and then we do this all over again. Cheers!
It appears as though Apple has released a patch for the bug and it is available through the system preferences. 14 July 2018
Broken command line tools:
Xcode Location on the Apple developers website:
Location of command line tools:
Do not install Xcode from the Mac App Store because a different version is required!
Command line tools 10.14 update:
As of October 2018, the solution for making brew and brew install succeed is to:
install latest Xcode fom AppStore
run Xcode and install command line tools
add the line before to your profile or somethign similar
export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -I$(brew --prefix openssl)/include -I$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)/usr/include"
No need to download Xcode manually, but you may want to remove the beta version if you installed it.
The magic part is at the end, where xcrun obtains the correct location of the SDK.
In terminal, you should first input the commands below
cd /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages
open .
you will open the directory on desktop,
then double click the pkg file to install it.
Installed the full XCODE (about 2 GB) in a brand new mavericks macbook, using App Store, then rebooted. Ran Xcode. Went to Preferences > Location, verified Command Line Tools shows up (v 5.0.2 5A3005).
In terminal, xcode-select -print-path shows /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer plus I can now run gcc --version and see version info.
So AFAIK command line tools are installed.
However, when I try to install homebrew, it opens the gui dialog offering to install XCode or the command line tools.
I don't want to end up double-installing, with conflicting paths, so any help on why the brew installer isn't "seeing" the commandline tools would be appreciated.
As noted in my comment, it is in fact a homebrew issue that it's not able to find the command line tools 'inside' Xcode due to Xcode recently changing where the command line tools were located... see these two issuesL github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/24471 and github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/20427
The solution was therefore to simply accept the option to install the command line tools when the gui window pops up after homebrew can't find them.
I have tried and tried (looked at many headings for this) and I still don't have an answer to my problem. I am trying to install the Pebble SDK 1.12 and install command line tools of Xcode 5.
Everytime I try xcode-select --install in terminal I get "Can't install software because it is not currently available in the Software Update server"
I have tried to reinstall Xcode and that didn't work.
When I got to Xcode-preferences-downloads there isn't a section for the command line tools.
I have also tried installing them from the Developer site but to no avail. The download looks correct and then I go to Xcode to see the preferences and the command line tools aren't listed.
Anything you all can suggest?
Using xcode-select --install in Terminal and choose install tools
On OS X 10.9, the Command Line Tools component no longer appears in the Preferences pane for Xcode 5, unlike on OS X 10.8. Also, the not currently available message appears to be a bug in OS X 10.9 when the currently installed Command Line Tools are already up-to-date. If you have a populated /usr/include directory and /usr/bin/cc --version gives you something, you're probably fine.
I am running OSX Mavericks (10.9) and while trying to update a bundle in rails, I get the following error message:
"You have to install development tools first."
I have Xcode already installed and there seems to be no option to install the tools from within the Xcode 4.6. How can I download and install command line tools via terminal?
Incase, while trying to update a bundle, you get an error "You have to install development tools first." on OSX Mavericks (OSX 10.9), but you already have Xcode installed, you can still manually install the dev tools via terminal:
xcode-select --install
Do that and follow on-screen instructions. Your problem will be solved.
I summarized the steps in this blog entry "How to install command line tools on OSX Mavericks"
Installing command line tools in OSX 10.9 Mavericks changes slightly compared to previous versions of MAC OSX. Now you don’t need to install Xcode. You can install the Command Line Tools as stand alone.
Open Terminal
Type “xcode-select --install” in terminal (without quotes)
A pop-up windows will appears asking you about install tools
choose install tools
wait install to finish it will take 30 minutes
I summarized the steps in this blog entry "How to install command line tools on OSX Mavericks"
open terminal
and type
xcode-select --install
or open finder navigate to
/System/Library/CoreServices
and open Install Command Line Developer Tools.app