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
Related
This is very much a duplicate of xcode-select active developer directory error except none of those solutions worked for me.
$ sudo xcode-select --reset
$ sudo xcodebuild -license accept
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
$ sudo xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates
I don't even have xcode on my machine.
The fix for me here was that my [ XCode > Preferences > Locations > Command Line Tools ] dropdown was empty. No idea why. But after clicking it and selecting the only available option my "active developer directory" error finally went away.
Mac Os 12.3.1 | Date: 5/4/22
I had this problem because Xcode was installed in my user application directory (~/Applications) instead of /Applications. From the Github link above figured out I needed to run:
sudo xcode-select -s ~/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
(note the tilde). After this everything worked.
I had "xcode-select active developer directory error" too when installing Xcode beta. In your case you don't even need full Xcode, command line tools should work fine. Read this Github issue
This error completely contradicts that setting the path to /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools is the workaround for the latest XCode/MacOS combo failing to find the command line tool commands under /Application/Xcode.App/ with the default path setting.
I have just upgraded from OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" to 10.12: "Sierra", and when I try to access git commands inside a terminal, I get the following error:
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path
(/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at:
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun
Please help me if anyone have solution.
Re-install Xcode developer tools
xcode-select --install
I fixed this issue by downloading and installing the 'Command Line Tools (macOS sierra) for Xcode 8' package from Apple Developer Downloads.
Be sure to select Command Line Tools (macOS 10.12) for Xcode 8 and not the one for 8.1 beta unless you have Xcode 8.1 beta installed.
I just recently upgraded to macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.3 and has existing xcode. My git command lines have the same issue. "$xcode-select --install" works perfectly for me.
Had same problem and with putting the git's path into profile directly it will not ask the xcode anymore (if you dont need to use xcode).
download the git, https://git-scm.com/download/mac and install it.
in your profile add to path, i.e. export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin (mine git is in /usr/bin).
open new terminal.
Alone - xcode-select --install did not work for me.
Had to do all 3 steps:
Download X-code from app store (if not present in Applications folder)
$xcode-select --install
a. May need to update after install using softwareupdate in command line. $sudo softwareupdate -i "Command Line Tools (macOS High Sierra version 10.13) for Xcode-9.1"
$sudo xcodebuild -license
I need to use gdb.
ps-MacBook-Air:AcoustoExport pi$ 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.
After installing Xcode CLT 4.5.1 on OS X 10.8.2, I'm having issues installing native ruby gems which need to compiled.
The output error is the same as with running xcrun -find:
xcode-select: Error: No Xcode is selected. Use xcode-select -switch , or
see the xcode-select manpage (man xcode-select) for further information.
To which CLT location should xcode-select point to, since it's no longer at /Developer?
Edit: I don't have the Xcode app installed, only CLT.
The new location seems to be (be sure to run as root):
sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/
Since your Xcode tools are installed in /usr/bin, you should
sudo xcode-select -switch /
With XCode 4.5 installed AND Command Line Tools installed, I had to use this to get MacPorts and other similar things (like Ruby Gems or Perl CPAN module installation) working:
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/
I found that /Library/Developer did not work. Note that the Developer folder is not under /Library for me, it's under the app bundle file content folders.
I'm not sure why this is, but people googling this issue may come here and want to know the other commandline options that are commonly usable with xcode-select, thus this answer, even though it doesn't 100% apply to the original question (where command line tools are installed WITHOUT XCode).
you probably want:
xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app
unless you have multiple installs. that is likely the location if you have one install (e.g. from the App Store). if you have multiple installs, you probably know which one you want.
you could also try updating this value from Xcode's Preferences > Locations > Command Line Tools popup.
Open XCode and go to preferences.
Verify that there is an option under "Command Line Tools"
The error went away for me, as soon as I specified my Xcode command line tools version.
I got further from #jbowes xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/ answer, but then I hit this:
xcrun: Error: failed to exec real xcrun. (No such file or directory)
I came across this thread (OSX 10.8 xcrun (No such file or directory)) which references a Gist that solved my problem:
https://gist.github.com/thelibrarian/5520597
It's gross, but it seems to be the only way to solve the issue with just the Command Line Tools (i.e. not a full-blown XCode installation).
I just upgraded XCode to 4.3.1.
I'm using a script to build (and then deploy through Testflight) my app.
But I now receive this error:
Error: No developer directory found at /Developer. Run /usr/bin/xcode-select to update the developer directory path.
I've no /Developer dir in my machine: how can I fix it?
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
You could also do this instead ...
sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer /Developer
Everything you guys answered is correct. But for those who hit the following error are missing a step:
Error:
"xcode-select: Error: Path "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer" is not a directory."
Missing step:
Double click your xcode 432.dmg. Now don't double click the xcode.app to use it. Instead copy it /Applications folder and then open it from there to install xcode.
Now use terminal command
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Thats it. Your error won't happen again and
Filemerge will work now.
This solved for me:
Mostly this error occurs when you have installed a newer version of xcode. And the command line tools are yet to be initialized.
To resolve this: Go under Xcode Preferences > Locations (tab) > And the bottom options is Command Line Tools. Please select the Xcode version for tools.
Example (For Xcode 8.3.3): Go under Xcode Preferences > Locations (tab) > And the bottom options is Command Line Tools. Select Xcode 8.3.3 (7D1014).