macOS 'wchar.h' File Not Found

Question

Under OS X 10.9.5 using XCode 6.0.1 I am running into the following issue when I try to run make from the terminal:

fatal error: 'wchar.h' file not found

This issue was not happening prior to a recent upgrade to Mavericks.

Answer 1

First ensure that the latest XCode is installed. Next, we need to install/fix/update Command Line Tools. To do so, run

xcode-select --install

Previously, XCode expected it's active developer directory to be located at

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/

but the latest Command Line Tools is installed to

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/

so we need to switch where XCode is looking. To do so, run

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

And that should be it. These steps solved the issue for myself and two coworkers.

Answer 2

• My error was similar to yours which said string.h not found, I solved it by running this command:

open /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg

I think that the problem is that for macOS Mojave users, the headers are no longer installed under /usr/include by default.

Answer 3

Adding on ssell's post and peter70's comment, I also still had issues after installing xcode command line tools again, and switching the xcode active developer directory. I was using CMake, and so deleted the debug/release folders which had existing Makefiles referencing out-of-date locations on Mojave. So for future problem resolving, after running the commands from ssell's post:

xcode-select --install

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

I believe if you've installed the command line tools by installing Xcode itself, you may also need to agree to the licence with sudo xcodebuild --license. I don't think this is necessary if you used the prior xcode-select command.

Then also delete generated build scripts. If using CMake, delete the cmake-build-debug and cmake-build-release directories (your names may vary)

Answer 4

Deleting all the generated files and restarted the compilation worked for me. It was suggested in this link:

https://discourse.brew.sh/t/solved-scan-build-from-llvm-7-0-seems-broken-on-macos-mojave/3151/14

Answer 5

Deleting all the generated files, like @Alfredo Morales Pinzón. If you use cmake, so you need to delete the work dictionary which is "cmake-build-debug" and regenerated the "cmake-build-debug".