macOS Problem installing command line tools in 10.9 (error: not available from server)

[gregor.hoch]

Hi,
I have been trying to install the command line tools for 10.9 since yesterday but always run into the same error message. After running 'xcode-select --install' in the terminal and clicking install, I the installation starts but stops with the error "Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server" after a moment.

XCode is installed and updated to 5.0.1

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[jeffzoom91]

It's not in the list anymore.

Xcode Command Line tools now come with Xcode.

Easy test: On a fresh machine, open a terminal window and type 'git'. It asks you if you want to get Xcode. Then go install Xcode...now type 'git'...it works!

It's not a separate install anymore! Yay!

According to the terminal error though I think you can still install it separate to Xcode itself however.

 

[gregor.hoch]

Thanks for your suggestions! I have Xcode installed but the command line tools are not there. Rcpp complains that there is no compiler and when I type 'xcode-select --install', I am ask whether I want to install the command line tools. After clicking 'install', I get the error. So it's doesn't solve my problem...

 

[omphaloskeptic]

same issue

Same problem -- this happened when I deleted xcrun in an attempt to start over with a fresh copy of the command line utils after failing to build a Ruby gem due to a xcrun dependency. (OK, probably shouldn't have done that.) I'm getting the same error message, even though I've just reinstalled the latest XCode 5.0.1. Not sure how else to get a copy of xcrun, unless someone wants to post it here. The only thing I can think of now is to start over with a clean install of Mavericks, which I'd rather not do if I don't have to. Help!

 

[eagleton]

I've been having the same issue with Rcpp on Mavericks and XCode 5.0.

I found this thread on StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19503995/error-when-with-xcode-5-0-and-rcpp-command-line-tools-are-installed) but I am not sure how to implement the suggested solution, or even where to find the ~/.R/Makevars file mentioned in the first reply.

Would appreciate any help!

 

[AlwaysLearning1]

As jeffzoom91 said, the XCode Command Line Tools come with XCode 5.0+.

Despite this Xcode reported the wrong path at the console:

$ xcode-select -p
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

You can switch the path, though:

$ sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
Password:

After which you get the correct path:

$ xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

This was enough to make macports happy for something else I was trying to install.