Xcode can't create output file, permission denied

Question

In Xcode I cannot compile my application anymore, the error is:

/usr/bin/lipo: can't create output file: /Users/nathan/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PackageTracking-fpewhfohxohurlexwettvkopakyn/Build/Products/Release/PackageTracking.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageTracking (Permission denied)
error: couldn't remove '/Users/nathan/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PackageTracking-fpewhfohxohurlexwettvkopakyn/Build/Products/Release/PackageTracking.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageTracking' after command failed: Permission denied

This folder was created by Xcode, why do I get a permission denied?

I tried to do a clean, same.

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 28 '20 at 20:30

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I had a similar issue with permission denied to create folders in the /Users/username/Library/Developer/Xcode folder.

What fixed things for me was to do the following in terminal

sudo chown -R username /Users/username/Library/Developer/Xcode

edited Jan 28 '20 at 20:30

andrhamm

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answered May 28 '12 at 02:26

Brian Broom

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thank you @Brian Broom. The above command make me to access the permission denied files successfully. :- – Nandhakumar Kittusamy Dec 26 '16 at 04:42

Abizern · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-19T11:37:23.270

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Are you logged on to the nathan user account?

Have you tried deleting tho derived date location in Organiser and trying again? enter image description here

edited Jun 19 '11 at 11:37

answered Jun 19 '11 at 11:11

Abizern

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worked, deleted all the data. It doesn't explain the error, but it works for now. – Nathan H Jun 19 '11 at 11:57
Could be lots of things - a flipped permission bit, a tiny bit of hard drive corruption… – Abizern Jun 19 '11 at 12:00

Xcode can't create output file, permission denied

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