`npm install` fails on node-gyp rebuild with `gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!`

Question

Every time I try npm install. I get the following error. How do I fix it?

gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!

I am on n

Answer 1

This happens most of the time when there is new OS updates happens. But I found a solutions to tackle this problem. You need to follow the below steps to solve.

Reinstall command-line tools by removing the previously installed version.

step1: First, get the location of the installed command-line tools

xcode-select --print-path

the result of the above command /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

step2: removed the folder

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

step3 - install again

xcode-select --install

With the reinstallation of the command line developer tools the gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected error message should disappear when you run any yarn or npm commands from the command line.