xcrun: Error: could not stat active Xcode path '/Volumes/Xcode/Xcode45-DP1.app/Contents/Developer'. (No such file or directory)

Question

I've been beating my head against the desk all day trying to fix this!!!

I have tried the suggested xcode-select -switch /path/to/xcode/ as suggested here but it still gives me this error!

I have now completely removed XCode 4.4 and the command line tools as well, and running the xcrun still gives me this error!

Even installing a new copy of Xcode and the command line tools produces this error!!

Result of commands..

sh-3.2# xcode-select -print-path /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer sh-3.2# xcrun -find xcrun: Error: could not stat active Xcode path '/Volumes/Xcode/Xcode45-DP1.app/Contents/Developer'.           (No such file or directory) 

Answer 1

Solution #1 (affects all users)

xcode-select is the answer. You are either pointing at the wrong path or you are not doing it as a root user. Try this in Terminal:

sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app 

and then type your password.

Solution #2 (affects only you)

If

• you don't want to sudo, or
• you don't have superuser permissions, or
• solution #1 doesn't work

override the DEVELOPER_DIR environment variable instead:

export DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer" 

Optional: you can make this persist between login sessions by editing your .bash_profile file.

If neither solution works, post your error message.

Answer 2

The problem is that /usr/share/xcode-select/xcode_dir_link points to an old folder, and doesn't updates when command

sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/ is executed.

Solution: delete this link and create it manually.