It seems to break every time I update macOS (on the OS part).
Not like there is no fix, but it is always so annoying. I am considering Linux or Windows instead now.
https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/blob/master/macOS_Catalina.md
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
#569
EDITED FOR PEOPLE JUST GETTING HERE
See https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/569#issuecomment-255589932 and https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/569#issuecomment-259421050, the warning can just be ignored. Command Line Tools works fine, you do not need the full Xcode.
See https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/blob/master/macOS_Catalina.md, here and here for more info.
Fix:
xcode-select --install # Install Command Line Tools if you haven't already.
sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools # Enable command line tools
then just ignore the warning.
Alternatively if you want you can use the full Xcode.app (if you have it installed) with:
# Change the path if you installed Xcode somewhere else.
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
If your install is failing
There will be other errors nearer the end, almost certainly issues with the module you're trying to install or a dependency. Please report the error to that project.
If that doesn't work
Are you seeing this when you run node-gyp rebuild or npm install? If not then it's nothing to do with node-gyp, raise a bug with the project you're using.
Saw the following error when running an npm install which required node-gyp... but could be triggered by anything which requires xcode-select.
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
What is the problem?
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Tried on Win yesterday needn't be a smooth alternative.
Afaik best experience should be Linux with Clang.