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iOS

Laura Hill
Laura Hill
13,677 Points
Posted by Laura Hill
Laura Hill
13,677 Points

Xcode Select?

Sorry can anyone say what this means? What do I do next?

Last login: Sat Nov 15 21:55:05 on console laurahillsmbp2:~ laurahill$ xcode-select xcode-select: error: no command option given Usage: xcode-select [options]

Print or change the path to the active developer directory. This directory controls which tools are used for the Xcode command line tools (for example, xcodebuild) as well as the BSD development commands (such as cc and make).

Options: -h, --help print this help message and exit -p, --print-path print the path of the active developer directory -s <path>, --switch <path> set the path for the active developer directory -v, --version print the xcode-select version -r, --reset reset to the default command line tools path

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Changed category to iOS.

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Laura,

I assume you're wanting to install the Xcode developer tools which you can do by running the below command.

xcode-select --install