Saw the following error when running an npm install
which required node-gyp
... but could be triggered by anything which requires xcode-select
.
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
What is the problem?
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:
/Applications
directory (NOT /Users/{user}/Applications
).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.
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
/Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer