How to switch command line tools on MacOS - xcode

I installed two commmand line tools on my mac.
So I want to switch command line tools.
How I can do it?
I tried switch from Xcode preferences > Locations > Command line tools.
However, Command line tools beta 1 for Xcode 10 is not appear on this menu.
Xcode 9.4 is installed on my mac.
macOS 10.13.5
Xcode 9.4 command line tools (bundled with Xcode9.4, it installed at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer)
Command line tools beta1 for Xcode 10 (not bundled with Xcode, it installed at /Library/Developer)

Use this command in terminal to switch xcode:
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode-beta.app
See: https://medium.com/#maximbilan/switch-command-line-tools-to-xcode-beta-2e99c54cb147

call Xcode.app like this:
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app
if you're downgrading from Xcode Beta version

You can use .bash_profile to add alias to switch 2 versions:
alias Xcode13='sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode\ 13.app'
alias Xcode14='sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app'
Most important:
use source ~/.bash_profile to make the command effective.
Then, input Xcode14 to switch the Xcode version.

For normal versions
Execute on the terminal the following code:
xcode-select --install
For beta versions
Once you have install your xcode-beta.
Install your commands line tools like usual, using the following code on your terminal
xcode-select --install
One you have installed commands line tools is the step to download the new ones
To do this, open your browser and look for apple developer resources download
Select view additional downloads, you will need to logIn in order to continue.
Once you have logIn, look for the file you are interested in, in my case was Additional Tools for Xcode 14 beta 5
Select download and wait.
Once is downloaded if you try to open it, you will see the following content on the folder.
It is time to open xcode
Look for xcode<preferences
Search for Locations.
And on command line tools select the ones you just downloaded

I have install 2 Xcode version 10, 11 and can switch them. But both of them have install on Applications.
- Applications/Xcode.app
- Applications/Xcode 10/Xcode.app
May be you should move it to Applications inside folder like me.

Related

Invalid active developer path error after upgrading to El Capitan

I ran into this error trying to push to git, when I typed git init.
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path
(/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at:
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun
I tried the following solutions.
xcode-select —install
sudo xcode-select -switch
sudo xcode-select —install
brew doctor
brew update
brew upgrade
brew cleanup
This is all you need to do:
$ xcode-select --install
You can select command line tools from the XCode Preferences shown in the screenshot below.
You will get a prompt for password.
1)
try typing in "xcode-select -print-path" and see if the path you see is the path you're expecting for your current Xcode version.
2)
If you go to:
https://developer.apple.com/downloads/
(you'll need to sign in with your Apple Developer account)
Once there, you'll see links for "Command Line Tools". It sounds like you need to install MacOS 10.11 Command Line Tools for Xcode 7.
Try:
sudo xcode-select -r
in this way it unsets any user-specified developer directory, so that the developer directory will be found via the default search mechanism.
If you have Catalina and Xcode 11 and you have this problem, then go to Xcode Preferences and select Location tab, check that the Command Line tool dropdown has Xcode 11.0 selected. If Xcode 11 is not there then you need to download and install Command-line tools for Xcode 11 here (choose the correct Beta)
https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools

How do you install Xcode and the Command Line Tools on Yosemite?

I followed the instructions here:
http://quantgreeks.com/how-to-install-xcode-command-line-tools-in-osx-yosemite/
However, I didn't fit the exact requirements for that tutorial because I never installed Xcode before. In addition, I had trouble figuring out how to download Xcode. I ended up at the App Store, where it said my Developer account had been suspended for security reasons--but I can log in fine in the Apple Developer area. I ended up here:
https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/mac/index.action
where I clicked on View all downloads, and then I downloaded the Xcode 6.2 dmg file. Then I clicked on the dmg file, and the installer had me drag the Xcode icon onto a folder icon.
I followed the rest of the steps in the tutorial, and at the end of the tutorial, it says to test your install like this:
$ xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
However, I get the output:
$ xcode-select -p
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
I do have the following directory:
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
My conclusions:
1) In tutorials, make sure you pay attention to the distinction between the phrases the Full Xcode Package and the the Xcode Command Line Tools.
2) If you install the Full Xcode Package, and then you test the installation I think this might be the correct output:
$ xcode-select -p
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
3) If you install just the Xcode Command Line Tools, and then you test the installation, then this might be the correct output:
$ xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
I follow this link to detect and install the Xcode command line tools.
Here is the main command it sounds like you need to follow after verifying the full Xcode package is installed.
xcode-select --install
I follow this link to install the Xcode command line tools.
You can choose your command line tools depending on your OS X
for example for me I have OS X 10.8.5 I go to command_line_tools_for_osx_mountain_lion_april_2014

How can I find out if I have Xcode commandline tools installed?

I need to use gdb.
ps-MacBook-Air:AcoustoExport pi$ gdb
-bash: gdb: command not found
ps-MacBook-Air:AcoustoExport pi$ sudo find / -iname "*gdb*"
Password:
/usr/local/share/gdb
/usr/local/Cellar/isl/0.12.1/share/gdb
:
and:
ps-MacBook-Air:AcoustoExport pi$ ls -la /usr/local/share/gdb
lrwxr-xr-x 1 pi admin 30 14 Jan 22:01 gdb -> ../Cellar/isl/0.12.1/share/gdb
Not quite sure what to make this, clearly it is something installed by homebrew. I don't know why it's there, I don't know whether I could use it instead. It isn't in the search path.
So I figure I need Xcode commandline tools.
Xcode is not currently available from the Software Update server
^ my current problem exactly. Comment on that question says "you can get this error if you have them already"
But how do I check whether I have them already?
/usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
will give you the xcode version, run it via Terminal command
This command allows you to retrieve Xcode version when having only the CommandLineTools version installed:
pkgutil --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables | grep version
As per this answer to "Determine xcode command line tools version" on Ask Different
Notes:
Confirmed working on maxOS Sierra and Big Sur.
When only CommandLineTools is install without Xcode, using xcodebuild returns the following error:
# /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
First of all, be sure that you have downloaded it or not. Open up your terminal application, and enter $ gcc if you have not installed it you will get an alert. You can verify that you have installed it by
$ xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
And to be sure then enter $ gcc --version
You can read more about the process here: Xcode command line tools for Mavericks
if you want to know the install version of Xcode as well as Swift
language current version:
Use below simple command by using Terminal:
1. To get install Xcode Version
xcodebuild -version
2. To get install Swift language Version
swift --version
Thanks to the folks on Freenode's #macdev, here is some information:
In the old days before Xcode was on the app-store, it included commandline tools.
Now you get it from the store, and with this new mechanism it can't install extra things outside of the Xcode.app, so you have to manually do it yourself, by:
xcode-select --install
On Xcode 4.x you can check to see if they are installed from within the Xcode
UI:
On Xcode 5.x it is now here:
My problem of finding gcc/gdb is that they have been superseded by clang/lldb: GDB missing in OS X v10.9 (Mavericks)
Also note that Xcode contains compiler and debugger, so one of the things installing commandline tools will do is symlink or modify $PATH. It also downloads certain things like git.
If for some reason xcode is not installed under
/usr/bin/xcodebuild
execute the following command
which xcodebuild
and if it is installed, you'll be prompted with it's location.
I had XCode Commandline Tools installed for sure, but not XCode itself.
None of the available answers to get the version worked. pkgutil didn't give me the package of the XCode Commandline Tools, with none of the suggested package names.
Not having XCode installed (and having no need for it), I could not look in settings dialogs of that either.
xcode-select --version only gave me the version of xcode-select itself, with no clue as to the commandline tools version.
softwareupdate --list told me everything was up to date.
However I knew that my version must be out of date as the installer for one of homebrew packages told me so!
How I finally found out what version of the XCode Commandline Tools is installed I stumbled upon the command:
softwareupdate --history
Which listed 12.3 as the last version it updated...
Display Name Version Date
------------ ------- ----
Safari 14.0 04/11/2020, 12:26:12
Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.1 04/11/2020, 22:38:33
Safari 14.0.2 15/12/2020, 16:38:27
Safari 14.0.1 15/12/2020, 16:38:27
Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.3 15/12/2020, 16:38:27
macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 14/02/2021, 20:57:56
macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 11.2.2 08/03/2021, 09:02:20
So when you know for sure the commandline tools are installed (because, for instance, xcode-select --install tells you so) but none of the other methods works, check softwareupdate --history!
You can open the Xcode app and go to preferences, the last line shows you if you have tools installed, which tools and lets you change them from the drop-down:
If you have installed Xcode but haven't set the Xcode version. then you will be getting this error. To resolve
Xcode-> preferences -> Locations -> command line Tools -> Select the Xcode version
TL;DR
One can have multiple installations of Xcode and multiple installations of Command Line Tools. This is where the system thinks your CLT are
xcode-select --print-path
Options to select Command Line Tools is in Xcode > Preferences > Locations, including the path for each. I found that brew complains about Xcode or Command Line Tools, and so following details how to install specific version of either.
brew doctor issues after upgrade MacOS
I have always used App store to install and update Xcode on my (2014) Macbook Pro but today after all updates brew doctor was still complaining about Xcode
Warning: Your Xcode (12.4) is outdated.
Please update to Xcode 13.2.1 (or delete it).
and complaining about Command Line Tools
Warning: A newer Command Line Tools release is available.
Get the specific version of Xcode
Download a specific version of Xcode as a xip from Developer.apple.com (I downloaded Xcode_13.2.1.xip)
Move Xcode_13.2.1.xip to /Applications
cd Applications
xip --expand /Applications/Xcode_13.2.1.xip
It takes a while to download, then a while longer to validate the application.
Open /Applications/Xcode.app
Check the CLT in XCode
Xcode> Preferences> Locations shows available CLT and the location (path) of each.
Select the appropriate Command Line Tools
Copy the path.
Go to Terminal and use the path in xcode-select
sudo xcode-select -s /Users/<username>/Applications/Xcode.app
Close Terminal and reopen.
The following was not specific enough:
pkgutil --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables | grep version
But this is good to identify the version
$ /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
Xcode 13.2.1
Build version 13C100
IF still showing an older version of CLT
Try
sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/
THEN try
Update to a specific version of CLT
First, remove the existing CLT with
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
Check which CLT updates available
softwareupdate --list
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-12.4
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 12.4, Size: 440392K,> Recommended: YES,
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.2
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 13.2, Size: 577329K,> Recommended: YES,
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-12.5
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 12.5, Size: 470966K,> Recommended: YES,
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-12.5
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 12.5, Size: 470820K,> Recommended: YES,
softwareupdate --install "Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.2"
Closed Terminal and reopen
/usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
Xcode 13.2.1
Build version 13C100
Output from:
$ xcode-select -p
/Users/<username>/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
And brew doctor shows
Your system is ready to brew.
For macOS catalina try this : open Xcode. if not existing. download from App store (about 11GB) then open Xcode>open developer tool>more developer tool and used my apple id to download a compatible command line tool. Then, after downloading, I opened Xcode>Preferences>Locations>Command Line Tool and selected the newly downloaded command line tool from downloads.

installed full xcode on mavericks macbook, but homebrew install says command line tools not installed

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.

Installing command line tools Xcode 5

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.

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