git error "unable to locate xcodebuild" after a fresh OS X Mavericks upgrade

Question

When I try to run previously working git commands, I get this:

dyld: Symbol not found: _sqlite3_intarray_bind
  Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreData.framework/Versions/A/CoreData
  Expected in: /opt/local/lib/libsqlite3.dylib
 in /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreData.framework/Versions/A/CoreData
git: error: unable to locate xcodebuild, please make sure the path to the Xcode folder is set correctly!
git: error: You can set the path to the Xcode folder using /usr/bin/xcode-select -switch

How can I fix this?

score 163 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '15 at 06:17

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This works for me sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/

answered Aug 03 '15 at 06:17

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I had xcode and another xcode beta. After uninstalling the beta I got "Error: Failure while executing: /usr/bin/otool -L /usr/bin/install_name_tool". Then I did this commando and it works again. – LetsGoRangers Jun 14 '16 at 08:07
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I did `sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app` but that did not solve my problem. Why did your approach solve the problem? – crisron Sep 16 '16 at 01:57
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Dunno how you figured that out, but it worked for me too. – Edward Falk Sep 16 '16 at 05:17
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You have to make sure the command line tools are installed, when I finally upgraded to sierra, these weren't installed - http://osxdaily.com/2014/02/12/install-command-line-tools-mac-os-x/ – chrismarx Nov 23 '16 at 02:31
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It doesn't work for me. I got `xcode-select: error: invalid developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/'` – Jason Liu Oct 15 '19 at 03:46
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I also got `xcode-select: error: invalid developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/'`, for me the solution was to just update the XCode app from Appstore. After that it started working. – lilline Dec 11 '19 at 11:40
I ran into this issue when upgrading Sierra -> Catalina and the command shared by @sushilprj fixed it for me. Thanks! – jerome Jan 27 '20 at 17:15

score 43 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 20 '18 at 03:13

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After a much googling and confusion, the following steps lead to a solution (with Xcode installed). Some might be optional, so please feel free to elaborate on this as I am not an expert on these errors.

download mavericks command line tools https://developer.apple.com/downloads/
xcode-select --install
sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
brew install sqlite3
commented out DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH entry in my .bashrc file

edited Nov 20 '18 at 03:13

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answered Oct 29 '13 at 13:29

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You don't need to download mavericks command line tools/be a developer. You can start on step 2. (assuming you have the new xcode, at least) – Jono Dec 08 '13 at 05:58
I'm getting OP's error when trying to install a redmine plugin after updating Command Line Tools to version 6.0 for OSX 10.9. The key takeaway on this was to run the command `sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools` which fixed my error. Thanks! – Kirkland Sep 30 '14 at 17:44
personally i only needed steps 1-3. thanks for this info! – gdibble Nov 05 '15 at 00:03
I only needed step 3 – MikeF Jan 23 '16 at 23:58
STEP2 and STEP3 were enough for me – prayagupa Nov 20 '18 at 03:14
I upgraded Mac Os X from Mojave to Catalina, and got a similar error when running `git`. I develop in Intellij, not Xcode, but needed the command line tools. The first two commands above resolved this for me. – rcprcp Nov 17 '19 at 04:04
I had upgraded to Big Sur 11.6.3 and had the same issue as the original post. My issue was resolved by performing step 2 and 3 just as a few others here. I initially did step 3 only which prompted the error that the path given in step 2 was not an allowed path. Hopefully this helps a few others with similar but not the exact problem. – S.Jamal Jul 06 '22 at 09:54

score 31 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 15:52

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On MacOS Mojave this worked for me (git 2.21.0):

xcode-select --install
sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

answered Oct 10 '19 at 15:52

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Thanks! Worked on Catalina as well. This is a better answer as the installation (first command) was required. – Sarang Jun 19 '21 at 07:06

score 14 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 03:30

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If you have already installed Xcode, you can run the following command to determine and point to the correct location

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Or use AppStore to install latest Xcode.

answered Oct 29 '13 at 03:30

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`git` stopped working for me after I updated to Catalina. Updating Xcode in the App Store worked for me. Didn't need to switch anything. – Zufeng Dec 26 '19 at 07:09

score 12 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 03 '19 at 07:08

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xcode-select --install
sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

This did it for me.

answered Jan 03 '19 at 07:08

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score 9 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 18:37

Most likely you need to reinstall the command line tools before switching the xcode path to point there.

First install the tools

$ xcode-select --install

This will install the tools into the folder /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools.

Then point the xcode path to where the tools were installed, like this

$ sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Note: You can see the current xcode path with the command $ xcode-select -p. Mine was initially pointing to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer when I was getting the error

score 8 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 21 '20 at 20:12

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This worked for me in MacOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/

answered Mar 21 '20 at 20:12

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 29 '19 at 03:28

I met this error when i run the command 'git clone xxx'

dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libswiftCore.dylib Referenced from: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild Reason: image not found git: error: unable to locate xcodebuild, please make sure the path to the Xcode folder is set correctly! git: error: You can set the path to the Xcode folder using /usr/bin/xcode-select -switch

Then, run the command

xcode-select -p

pointing to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

After run the command sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

it points to /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

score 2 · Answer 9 · edited May 13 '18 at 03:20

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I hit this same issue running Fastlane on a fresh High Sierra installation. Solved with:

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app

edited May 13 '18 at 03:20

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answered May 13 '18 at 02:58

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 02:30

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Maybe you should install Xcode 5.0.1 for Mavericks. Check updates.

answered Oct 29 '13 at 02:30

ton

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the problem happens with exactly that config on my computer also – Philip Oct 31 '13 at 13:45

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 21 '18 at 21:24

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This worked for me, just paste in terminal: sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/

answered May 21 '18 at 21:24

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 01 '23 at 04:42

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I had the same problem after updating from High Sierra to Monterey. If you just updated MacOS, a simple Xcode update will do. No extra steps are needed.

answered Jun 01 '23 at 04:42

Oliver Sierra

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git error "unable to locate xcodebuild" after a fresh OS X Mavericks upgrade

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