xcode-select

macos

Switch between different versions of Xcode and the included developer tools. Also used to update the path to Xcode if it is moved after installation.

Examples (5)

Install Xcode's command-line tools

xcode-select --install

Select a given path as the active developer directory

xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Select a given Xcode instance and use its developer directory as the active one

xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode_file.app

Print the currently selected developer directory

xcode-select --print-path

Discard any user-specified developer directory so that it will be found via the default search mechanism

sudo xcode-select --reset