How do I fix the xcrun unable to find simctl error?

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I have Xcode 6.2 Beta. Attempting

xcrun simctl

in terminal yields

xcrun: error: unable to find utility "simctl", not a developer tool or in PATH

My app was running without issue then suddenly I came across this. I had no license to agree to and command line tools was set. A simple reboot of my machine worked. — StoriKnow, Nov 27 '20 at 18:33

score 742 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 24 '19 at 05:33

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I solved this problem by entering

Xcode > Preferences > Locations

And assigning the Command Line Tools

This is in Xcode Version 7.2 beta (7C46t)

edited Dec 24 '19 at 05:33

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answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:29

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Worked with me too – Luis Alves Sep 07 '18 at 12:03
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"assigning the Common Line Tools" ... nice, but why aren't they set on install? haha – Chris Allinson Oct 03 '18 at 18:05
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great answer. Thanks! – PhillipJacobs Feb 28 '19 at 13:38
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Worked With me. – Shanu Singh Dec 17 '19 at 09:17
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Great! After updating to Catlina 10.15.3 it simply disappeared. – kmnowak Feb 01 '20 at 15:56
Note this also works when "pod lib lint My.podspec" throws the same error. – The Camster Apr 06 '21 at 17:21
I also got this error after installing brew. This answer works like a charm, thanks! – Jeaf Gilbert May 05 '21 at 15:12
I am always back to this awesome answer :), thanks – Amr Angry Oct 24 '21 at 08:32
If my Xcode have the above path setup. Shall i need the download the command line tools additionally in the machine – sejn Dec 07 '21 at 10:37
Quick easy fix, works. Thanks – Leon Matota Mar 16 '22 at 09:12

score 109 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 01 '19 at 03:13

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In Xcode, open the Xcode menu at the top, then select Preferences…, and then select the Locations tab.

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answered Feb 26 '19 at 00:59

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This makes it a lot more clear how to make the change, thanks for pic! – Jose Nov 03 '19 at 18:43

leonardosccd · Answer 3 · 2020-09-16T11:25:13.650

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In Terminal, try this.

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

/Applications/Xcode.app is your Xcode.app path.

if U still get error in terminal.

try sudo xcodebuild -license to agree license.

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answered Nov 08 '18 at 08:42

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Gulshan Nadaph · Answer 4 · 2021-03-18T07:45:39.187

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Got similar issue on executing command

./Scripts/bootstrap.sh -d.

This helped me Xcode > Preferences > Locations, Set Command line Tools

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answered Jul 30 '20 at 11:33

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How classic issue.. – Renetik Jun 01 '22 at 02:24

score 11 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 31 '18 at 10:14

I had the same problem. My application was working well but suddenly in next run, it started throwing the "simctl" error. It seems I had started Xcode update installation in the background.

Fix: I just started the Xcode application and it prompted to install some pending tools update. After Xcode updates, my app started working normally.

score 7 · Answer 6 · edited Dec 01 '19 at 03:16

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While running Xcode, open the Xcode menu, go to Preferences…, then select Locations

In Locations, "Command Line Tools", choose your version of Xcode.

It should be fine. This worked for me.

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score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 04 '21 at 08:43

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Choose Xcode Preferences then choose Locations tab and inside go to command line tools Drop down box and choose one.

Problem sovled !

FYI: I tried this with Xcode 12.3

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 23 '19 at 14:02

If you are interested in command line "approach", please try: installer -pkg /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources/Packages/XcodeSystemResources.pkg -target /. In addition, please make sure that xcode-select -s selected right Xcode installation path.

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 02 '20 at 00:06

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adding xcode in preference-> locations works fine

answered Jan 02 '20 at 00:06

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Adding command line tools as xcode version in preference-> locations works fine – Anshu Jan 02 '20 at 00:06

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