Command Line Tools point to the wrong place

iOS / Xcode · last reviewed 2026-11-10

The error looks like this

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

Why it happens

xcode-select points to CommandLineTools instead of Xcode.app.

How to fix it

sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Or Xcode > Settings > Locations > Command Line Tools.

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