Installation error on Monterey: xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

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Installation error on Monterey: xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

ksonbol opened this issue 2 years ago · comments

Hi, running ./install on macOS Monterey 12.3.1 fails with the following error:

Install RDM to /Applications? (Y/n): Y

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xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

gothvf · Answer 1 · Mon May 02 2022 22:41:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Try this:
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Jorge Meneses · Answer 2 · Fri May 06 2022 23:32:24 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi, after running
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

I get this result:

xcode-select: error: invalid developer directory '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer'

What I should do?

Anna · Answer 3 · Mon May 23 2022 04:49:26 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi, after running sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

I get this result:

xcode-select: error: invalid developer directory '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer'

What I should do?

hi! did you find how to fix it?have the same problem. :(

YellowTech · Answer 4 · Fri Jun 03 2022 02:17:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

You need to install Xcode from the app store. Beware it's nearly 20 GBs in size. Then the aforementioned command should work.