I just upgraded from Yosemite to El Capitan (and replicated the problem upgrading from El Capitan to Sierra), and when I try to type for example git status
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
I don't have Xcode installed, never did. Anyone have a solution?
which git
responds to /usr/bin/git
, and "file which git
" to /usr/bin/git: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app
to specify the Xcode that you wish to use for command line developer tools (or see man xcode-select
)" on 10.11.5 how to fix?
Found the fix for the problem here.
xcode-select --install
This will bring up a prompt to install the necessary command line tools.
If you have issues with the xcode-select --install
command; e.g. I kept getting a network problem timeout, then try downloading the dmg at developer.apple.com/downloads (Command line tools OS X 10.11) for Xcode 7.1
In macOS 10.14 this issue may also occur if you have two or more versions installed. If you like xCode GUI you can do it by going into preferences - CMD + ,
, selecting Locations
tab and choosing version of Command Line Tools. Please refer to the attached print screen.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/j1nxw.png
I tried the solution xcode-select --install
but it don't help me, I update from Sierra to High and happened this, my solution:
sudo xcode-select --reset
Reassigning the path Xcode is configured with worked for me.
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app
You'll then likely be prompted (after trying a command) to agree to the license agreement.
I had the same issue after upgrading to macOS Catalina. This didn't work for me:
xcode-select --install
Downloading and installing Command Line Tools for Xcode 12 did it!
https://i.stack.imgur.com/eliYM.png
For me, after I've removed Xcode, I have to switch active developer path as follows: sudo xcode-select -s /
I just updated to High Sierra and I couldn't just run xcode-select --install
. First, I had to actually install xcode from the app store. Then I ran xcode-select --install
. Then I had to run sudo xcodebuild -license
, agree to the terms, then I could finally run git commands again.
Updated to High Sierra 10.13.2
xcode-select --install ALONE did not work for me.
Download X-code from app store $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
For Mojave
Uninstall Any old version of Command Line Tools:
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
Download and Install Command Line Tools 10.14 Mojave.
For those also having issues with heroku
command line tools after upgrading, I also had to do the following in my terminal:
xcode-select --install
brew install heroku/brew/heroku
brew link --overwrite heroku
It seems the upgrade to High Sierra messed with my symlinks in addition to forcing me to reinstall xcode tools. I kept getting 'not a directory' errors:
▸ stat /Users/mattymc/.local/share/heroku/client/bin/heroku: not a directory
▸ fork/exec /Users/mattmcinnis/.local/share/heroku/client/bin/heroku: not a directory
Hope that saves someone an hour :)
After update to macOS 10.13.3
After updating do macOS 10.13, I had to install "Command Line Tools (macOS 10.13) for Xcode 9.3" downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
I upgraded mac os to macOS High Sierra - 10.13.3 and faced a similar issue while trying to install watchman (with command - brew install watchman).
ran the command: xcode-select --install, then ran "brew install watchman" - Everything works fine!
For the most recent version Mojave version 10.14.1, I use
solved by downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ " login by apple id, and download
Command line tool newest stable version.dmg
That makes everything work
the old answer
xcode-select --install
doesn't work for me.
xcode-select --install
was a popup about not being able to contact the update server. As of writing this, the only download in the link mentioned above for Mojave users is a beta titled "Command Line Tools (macOS 10.14) for XCode 10.1 Beta 2"
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer
Work for me.
Even if you do xcode-select --install it was not fixing that for me as it showed some network error. The problem was that it could not connect to the app store. I did the following to fix it.
Open keystore Go to system root and select certificates. Open digicert high assurance EV. Expand the trust section, mark it as never trust. Restart system now repeat step 1, 2, 3. and mark the trust policy as back to use system defaults.
Your app store should work now and you should be able to run xcode-select --install
Success story sharing
.dmg
and manually install it.