xcode-select [-h|--help] [-s|--switch path] [-p|--print-path] [-v|--version]
Controls the location of the developer directory used by xcrun, xcodebuild, cc
, and other Xcode
and BSD development tools as well as the locations that are searched for by man
.
Allows switching between different versions of the Xcode tools and can be used to update the path to the Xcode if it is moved after installation.
When multiple Xcode applications are installed (e.g. /Applications/Xcode.app
, containing the latest Xcode,
and /Applications/Xcode-DP.app
xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app
xcode-select provided tool shims (see FILES) invoke the version inside the selected directory.
Your own scripts, makefiles, and other
tools can use
xcrun
to easily lookup tools in the developer directory,
allowing them to function properly where the Xcode has is installed to a non-default location.
-s path |
$DEVELOPER_DIR
Overrides the active developer directory.
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
as the active developer directory.sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Yosemite use xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app
select /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
as the active developer directory.
The content directory is inferred .
xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app
Run xcodebuild
from the active developer directory./usr/bin/xcodebuild
Use xcrun to locate xcodebuild inside the active developer directory./usr/bin/xcrun --find xcodebuild
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuildExecute xcodebuild using an alternate developer directory.
env DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode-DP.app" /usr/bin/xcodebuild
/usr/bin/xcrun
Run the matching Xcode tool from with the active developer directory.
/usr/bin/agvtool /usr/bin/desdp /usr/bin/ibtool /usr/bin/ictool /usr/bin/instruments /usr/bin/iprofiler /usr/bin/opendiff /usr/bin/sdef /usr/bin/sdp /usr/bin/xcodebuild /usr/bin/xed
Run the matching BSD tool from with the active developer directory, specify /usr/bin/
ie
usr/bin/BuildStrings CpMac DeRez GetFileInfo MergePef MvMac ResMerger RezDet RezWack Rez SetFile SplitForks UnRezWack ar as asa bison c89 c99 clang++ clang cmpdylib codesign_allocate cpp ctags ctf_insert dsymutil dwarfdump flex++ flex g++ gcc gatherheaderdoc gcov git-cvsserver git-receive-pack git-shell git-upload-archive git-upload-pack git gm4 gnumake gperf hdxml2manxml head- erdoc2html indent install_name_tool ld lex libtool lipo lldb lorder m4 make mig mkdep nasm ndisasm nm nmedit otool pagestuff ranlib rebase redo_prebinding resolveLinks rpcgen segedit size strings strip svn svnadmin svndumpfilter svnlook svnserve svnsync svnversion unifdef unifdefall xml2man yaccThere should be symlinks between binaries in
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/
and /usr/bin/
> xcode-select -p /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer > ls -l "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer" drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Apr 26 19:49 Applications/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Mar 2 21:30 Documentation/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272 Apr 26 19:58 Library/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 204 Apr 26 19:58 Makefiles/ drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 306 Apr 26 19:46 Platforms/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 10 19:16 Toolchains/ drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 544 May 4 19:01 Tools/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 204 Apr 26 19:49 usr/ > cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer" /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer > du 0 ./Library/LaunchDaemons 0 ./Makefiles/VersioningSystems 8 ./Makefiles/Carbon 8 ./Makefiles/CoreOS 32 ./Library/MigrationFrameworks 52 ./Tools 84 ./Makefiles/pb_makefiles 92 ./Applications/DesktopReplayer.app 100 ./Makefiles 124 ./Applications/Simulator.app 264 ./Library/PrivateFrameworks 1540 ./usr/lib 2192 ./Library/Perl 2896 ./Library/Frameworks 5228 ./usr/bin 5572 ./Applications/Simulator (Watch).app 5788 ./Applications 5940 ./Library/Xcode 7104 ./usr/libexec 11324 ./Library 11916 ./Platforms/WatchOS.platform 42912 ./usr/share 56784 ./usr 62204 ./Platforms/AppleTVOS.platform 105596 ./Platforms/MacOSX.platform 183852 ./Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform 246368 ./Toolchains 246368 ./Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain 450308 ./Documentation 450308 ./Documentation/DocSets 696928 ./Platforms/WatchSimulator.platform 914008 ./Platforms/AppleTVSimulator.platform 1001572 ./Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform 2976076 ./Platforms 3746800 .