Git 在 macOS 更新后不工作（xcrun：错误：无效的活动开发人员路径（/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools）

Question

I updated to the latest OS, and/or restarted my computer (this happens on every major update, but this time all I did was restart my computer on 2022-09-13)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received an error:

(IN 9/2022, this error was much different, but I didn't capture it)

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

git will not work!

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 1

The problem is that Xcode Command-line Tools needs to be updated.

Solution #1

Go back to your terminal and enter:

xcode-select --install

You'll then receive the following output:

xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer tools

You will then be prompted in a window to update Xcode Command Line tools. (which may take a while)

Open a new terminal window and your development tools should be returned.

Addition: With any major or semi-major update you'll need to update the command line tools in order to get them functioning properly again. Check Xcode with any update. This goes beyond Mojave...

After that restart your terminal

Alternatively, IF that fails, and it very well might.... you'll get a pop-up box saying "Software not found on server", see below!

Solution #2

and you hit xcode-select --install and it doesn't find the software, log into Apple Developer, and install it via webpage.

Log in or sign up here:

https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

Look for: "Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.x" in the list of downloads Then click the dmg and download.

Answer 2

I got some errors that the software was unavailable from the update server when trying

xcode-select --install

What fixed it for me was going here https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ and downloading Command Line Tools (macOS 10.14) for Xcode 10 and then installing it manually.

After that, the errors should be gone when you open up a new terminal.

Answer 3

对我来说xcode-select --reset是 Mojave 的解决方案。

Answer 4

除了dustbuster的回答之外，我还需要使用以下命令设置 Xcode 文件夹的路径：

sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Answer 5

updated from Mojave to Big Sur and got the same error : the command

xcode-select --install

worked like a charm

Answer 6

For me what worked is the following:

sudo xcode-select --reset

Then like in @High6's answer:

sudo xcodebuild -license

This will reveal a license which I assume is some Xcode license. Scroll to the bottom using space (or the mouse) then tap agree .

This is what worked for me on MacOS Mojave v 10.14.

Answer 7

After upgrade to Mac Catalina I faced the same issue, I had to run couple of commands to get this fixed.

First started with:

xcode-select --install

It didn't fix the problem, had to run the following in sudo

sudo xcode-select --reset

Then, finally got fixed after I switched and set the path explicitly for active developer directory:

sudo xcode-select -s /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Note: In case you have Xcode installed, you may need to specify Xcode directory in this case, it should be something like this

xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app

Answer 8

I've used xcode-select --install given in the accepted answer in previous major releases.

I've just upgraded to OS X 10.15 Catalina and run the Software Update tool from preferences again after the OS upgrade completed. The Xcode utilities update was available there, which also sorted the issue using git which had just output xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools)

Answer 9

in my case it wasn't checked in xcode After installation process ,

you can do that as following : xcode -> Preferences and tap Locations then select , as the followng image

Answer 10

If you use xcode then install it (~12GB)

xcode-select --install

Otherwise install latest command line tools (~500MB)

Answer 11

Mac OS : Big Sur

First Priority

sudo xcode-select --reset

sudo xcodebuild -license

Second Priority

xcode-select --install

Answer 12

I figured out the Xcode Command Line Tools part from the error message, but after running Xcode and getting the prompt to install the additional tools it did claim to install them, but still I got the same error after opening a new terminal.

So I did the xcode-select --install manually and after that it worked for me.

Answer 13

Following worked on M1

ProductName:    macOS
ProductVersion: 11.2.1
BuildVersion:   20D74

% xcode-select --install

Agree the Terms and Conditions prompt, it will return following message on success.

% xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer tools

Answer 14

If you have Xcode downloaded manually (ie not from the App Store) or don't have Xcode at all:

1. sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
2. Go to https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ to download Command Line Tools (macOS 10.14) for Xcode 10
3. Setup Command Line Tools

If you have Xcode installed from the App Store:

1. xcode-select --install

Answer 15

Open Terminal:

install XCode developer tools and fix the problem.

$ xcode-select --install

Reset the path to Xcode if you have several versions:

$ xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app
$ xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Answer 16

1. Run this command:

xcode-select --install

2. Hit return for a progress indicator on the Command Line Tools download.

3. After installation of the Command Line Tools has been completed, your Mac should be rebooted. If you're getting “xcrun error invalid active developer path” while working in Terminal, refresh the application or relaunch it.

Even after following the above-mentioned steps, if you see the error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools). The next step would be to try and install Command Line Tools using a DMG file that can be downloaded directly from the Apple website.

Again, if you are using Homebrew, you need to update it. You don't need to uninstall and again install Homebrew on Mac .

NOTE: If you are using Homebrew, try updating it after re-installing Command Line tools.

Credits: Git not working after macOS Update

Answer 17

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens on Catalina update too, and seems to potentially occur on every major update thereafter)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received the error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 18

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens on Catalina update too, and seems to potentially occur on every major update thereafter)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received the error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 19

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens on Catalina update too, and seems to potentially occur on every major update thereafter)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received the error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 20

This just happened to me after upgrading my Macbook pro to macOS Ventura. After the upgrade, the git command line stopped working with showing up this message.

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

Running brew upgrade fixed git command line.

Answer 21

For me, I didn't have xcode installed (on Mojave OS). I went to the App Store on my mac and downloaded it, then went back to terminal and typed git and hit enter, then it worked.

Answer 22

I found that my version of Xcode was too outdated and installing command-line-tools wasn't helping. Here's what I did:

• I completely uninstalled the outdated XCode
• I reinstalled the most recent XCode from the app store
• That was all. Git was restored.

Answer 23

This works for me

sudo xcode-select --reset 
sudo xcodebuild -license

X-code must be installed.

Answer 24

I observed in the Catalina privacy setting if Xcode not added in Full access disk I will get the same error, Xcode does not run scripts. Add your Xcode the same as in the attached image. After that clean build and run. Hope so it will work.

Answer 25

For me, for the macos Ventura 13.0 user installing this software helped

I wasn't able to run any xcode install commands, git was not working at all.

You can find this package here https://developer.apple.com/download/all/

Answer 26

对于那些使用 Catalina 和 Xcode-beta 的用户：

sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer

Answer 27

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens on Catalina update too, and seems to potentially occur on every major update thereafter)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received the error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 28

For me It happened after Mac OS update to Mojave and git was not functioning in Intellij

Solution:- Go to Settings, then File | Settings | Version Control | Git and edit Path to Git executable field which is /usr/local/bin/git

Answer 29

I had the same issue and couldn't use SVN after the update,

Just in case if doing xcode-select --install didn't fix the issue,

You might see,

svn: error: The subversion command line tools are no longer provided by Xcode.

Refer : https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos_release_notes/macos_catalina_10_15_release_notes

Try installing the svn by brew

brew install svn

This should get you going.

Answer 30

I updated my macOS yesterday，from macOS Mojave（10.14.6）to macOS Catalina（10.15.7），I was executing "git" command in my project. I get same errors。

run：

xcode-select --install

Answer 31

After Updating macOS to Monterey (12.3) from BigSur getting such issue

only worked-

xcode-select --install

Done!

Answer 32

MacOS :Monterey
Year: 2022

Solution: Upgrade to 12.2.1 or later

I upgraded to Monetery 12.2 as my Macbook pro got replaced. Ran into same issue as OP:

Git is not working after macOS Update (Xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools)

One would think that by this time Apple would have added xCode & developer tools into OS main build. Turned out they did. I had to upgrade to 12.2.1, which included " command line tools for xCode ".
I still need to do step upgrade to 12.4 , but I believe we finally have these tools as part of OS build.

Here's screen-shot while attempting to upgrade from 12.2.1 to 12.3.1 (I forgot to take one while upgrading from 12.2 to 12.2.1, but I am pretty sure it had same Addons)

Answer 33

如果您在外部驱动器中创建了一个新的 Applications 文件夹并在那里安装了 Xcode：

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

Answer 34

Edge case, but still worth writing down: when migrating from and older Mac with Migration Assistant, you may have selected the option to transfer all your applications from your older Mac. Applications, like Xcode needs to be updated if it was transferred and preserved OR delete from your other user's Applications folder. This is because Xcode has not been set up properly after the first start with the new OS version.

Answer 35

As of September 13, 2022, I had a similar issue after upgrading my MBP M1 to Monterey 12.6, and although I followed some of the answers, my Mac kept prompting me with a dialogue to install git as a developer tool. Every time that the installation was completed, I was prompted to the same dialogue.

Finally, I had to do a combination of all the answers to make it work:

1. First remove the command line tool:

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

2. Reinstall the xcode-select :

xcode-select --install

The above will prompt you with a dialogue to confirm the installation.

3. Set path to the Xcode folder with following:

sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Answer 36

I had this same issue after updating to macOS 13 Ventura.

Command: xcode-select also does not seem work. so does sudo xcodebuild .

After checking the xcode itself it install the command line tools and the said command still fails to work.

After checking this part it appears to be blank. I just manually set it to use the available command line from the installed xcode and everything now works including git .

Answer 37

For Ventura 13.0.1.

Update for macOS Ventura 13.0.1 (Nov 2022) Install Command Line Tools for Xcode 14.1

it's worked for me

Answer 38

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens on Catalina update too, and seems to potentially occur on every major update thereafter)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received the error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 39

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens on Catalina update too, and seems to potentially occur on every major update thereafter)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received the error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 40

Even I was facing the same issue when I upgraded my mac from MacOS BigSur to macOS Monterey .

Running the below command, resolved the above issue ✅

$ xcode-select --install

Answer 41

None of the above answers worked for me. I had a couple of issues. First, I installed the latest version of Xcode , 14.0 beta . That ended up not working because it was a version that is not compatible with Monterey . And my computer is too old to install Ventura beta . So I had to go and find out which version of Xcode actually did work. And that ended up being 13.4.1 . So I installed that. I had taken all the right steps beforehand to delete the old version, and then placed the new one, as always, into my Applications folder. But for whatever reason, it did not end up there. When I checked to see if my install was successful , errors were thrown in Terminal . I had also previously updated CLT , which included the correct version . However, Terminal returned that I needed to install CLT . And when I tried , it told me that it was already installed , but I should change the path of my Xcode or install CLT (which obviously was not a real option ). I found the solution in this article entitled Xcode-select active developer directory error . And I ran the following command in Terminal which fixed my path :

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

Hope this helps anyone else who encounters the same issue when trying to update Xcode on macOS Monterey and also can't update to macOS Ventura.

Answer 42

With previous app development experience, may I say with confidence that the git version delivered with apple always create problems. So the sooner you get rid of apple git the better, so may I suggest:

brew uninstall git
brew update
brew install git

# which git
/usr/local/bin/git

Answer 43

Try running Xcode on a mac. I installed XCode but never launched it. When starting XCode installed the utilities.

Answer 44

For Ventura 13.1

I updated from macOS BigSur to Ventura 13.1 (Jan 2023). I only installed Xcode on the apple store and it worked for me.

Answer 45

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens on Catalina update too, and seems to potentially occur on every major update thereafter)

This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in the Command Line on my MacBook pro, typed in "git status" in the repository and received the error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

How do I fix git, and command line tools?

Answer 46

为我工作 xcode-select --install

Answer 47

faced same issue after updating from bigSur to Monterey

xcode-select --install

this worked for me.

Answer 48

For macOS ventura Just re-install git its work for me