Unable to use xcodebuild on Mavericks with Command Line Tools installed

Question

I have installed the Command Line Tools:

$ xcode-select --print-path
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

However, when anything tries to us

Answer 1

I know that this is a late answer, but in my case this command solved the issue:

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

Answer 2

There's also a GUI to change the Command Line Tools path in Xcode > Preferences > Locations:

I just had this issue after upgrading to Xcode 10.3 while keeping an older copy of 10.2.1 in a sub-folder in Applications. When I opened this Locations panel the selection for Command Line Tools was blank, but I was able to choose between the two versions installed:

I tend to go with the GUI option if it's available instead of copying in sudo commands from SO.

Answer 3

This issue was due to xcode-select developer directory pointing to /Library/Developer, which only contained the folder CommandLineTools. To this end, the error message is complaining about not the directory not being the same as Xcode.

Two tested solutions:

1. (Re) Install Xcode.

2. Point xcode-select to the Xcode Developer Directory using the following command:

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

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