The latest articles on DEV Community by oguzoldev (@oguzoldev). https://dev.to/oguzoldev https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F60112%2Fceca1da7-e5d8-48d1-a97a-d8a32b453b7f.png https://dev.to/oguzoldev en oguzoldev Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:17:36 +0000 https://dev.to/oguzoldev/macos-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun-411a https://dev.to/oguzoldev/macos-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun-411a <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fo9uz.dev%2Fimages%2Fmacos-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fo9uz.dev%2Fimages%2Fmacos-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun.jpg" alt="macos-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun" width="800" height="400"></a></p> <p>I ran into this error when I tried any <code>brew</code> operation (like <code>brew update</code> and <code>brew upgrade</code>) on a Mac. I had just upgraded to macOS Big Sur 11.1 and suddenly brew broke!<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>brew update xcrun: error: invalid active developer path <span class="o">(</span>/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools<span class="o">)</span>, missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun </code></pre> </div> <p>The fix, luckily, is pretty straight forward. Install the Xcode toolkit! Even if you had it installed before, you might have to re-register it or update it to the latest version.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>xcode-select <span class="nt">--install</span> </code></pre> </div> <p>If that doesn’t work, force it to reset. You’ll need <code>sudo</code> access for this one.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span><span class="nb">sudo </span>xcode-select <span class="nt">--reset</span> </code></pre> </div> <p>If even that fails, go to the <a href="https://developer.apple.com/download/more/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple developer download section</a> and download Xcode manually.</p> macos terminal commandlinetools