cordova build Command failed with exit code EACCES

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Cordova build failed with error code : EACCESS

$ cordova build android
Running command: /home/user/proj1/platforms/android/cordova/build 
execvp(): Permission denied
Error: /home/user/proj1/platforms/android/cordova/build: Command failed with exit code EACCES
    at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/superspawn.js:131:23)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:795:12)

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     OS  : Ubuntu 14.04
     npm version: 1.4.16
     cordova version : 3.5.0-0.2.4
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have added android platform to proj1 tried to re-installing cordova but did not work

score 78 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 28 '15 at 12:21

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For some reason build is not currently an executable file. To fix that, open the terminal and enter the following commands:

$ cd <your-project-directory>/platforms/android/cordova
$ chmod a+x build

edited Mar 28 '15 at 12:21

stkent

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answered Sep 10 '14 at 20:49

Martín Alcubierre

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I had the a similar problem but with "platforms/android/gradlew". Tried running chmod on "gradlew" directory and that worked! – OJ7 Jun 28 '18 at 17:30
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I also needed to do it on gradlew in the android folder to get it to build for Android. – Guy Lowe Jan 30 '19 at 02:44
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Thank you! This appeared to me after macos update to 10.15 (catalina). – Andrew Oct 09 '19 at 07:48

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '20 at 16:37

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You should add permission to two files:

Go to Cordova root directory and run:

chmod a+x platforms/android/gradlew
chmod a+x platforms/android/cordova/build

answered Jun 07 '20 at 16:37

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the gradlew permissions was the issue for me. updating permissions on just the cordova build file didn't fix my issue. not sure what caused it however. ty – Donovan Sep 20 '20 at 05:26
this answer helped me out. – mainframer Apr 28 '21 at 11:58

gotnull · Answer 3 · 2015-04-07T05:26:50.767

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This is a common PhoneGap problem.

Most of the time it has to do with permissions on the build folder and script file.

Try using: chmod a+x on them.

edited Apr 07 '15 at 05:26

answered Jul 09 '14 at 23:26

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i feel your pain, truly, but downvoting for obvious reasons... cmon! try to be bit more helpful! – jesses.co.tt Sep 02 '14 at 13:50
Can you show how to use that chmod a+x line? Or do you just enter it in the parent folder and hit enter? – Christopher Jul 09 '15 at 10:46
You have to `chmod a+x /directory/file` in order for it to work. See: http://www.linux.org/threads/file-permissions-chmod.4094/ – gotnull Jul 10 '15 at 05:55
I also needed to do it on gradlew in the android folder to get it to build for Android. – Guy Lowe Jan 30 '19 at 02:44

tim-montague · Answer 4 · 2017-01-07T22:54:34.153

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My advice is to remove the platforms directory, and reinstall each platform.

$ cd <your-project-directory>
$ rm -r platforms  # -or- manually remove the directory
$ cordova platform add <platform>  # ios, android, ...

Running chmod a+x build (as suggested in the accepted answer) doesn't fix cordova platform rm <platform> permission issues. Safer (and easier) to restore each platform to it's default state, instead of hacking (and remembering) permission changes for individual files / directories.

edited Jan 07 '17 at 22:54

answered Jan 03 '17 at 18:53

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safest solution – Arijit Nov 04 '20 at 13:27

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 08 '14 at 17:20

To solve the EACCESS Problem please copy and save your platform custom icons / splashes / config.xml settings and delete the platform folder. after that run phonegap run android from your console again. it should work again. after that copy back the custom files / settings to the new platform folder.

Johan Hoeksma · Answer 6 · 2015-09-12T09:46:06.603

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My problem was solved by removing the map /platforms/android. After that I added the platform again.

cordova platform add android

For me it worked out, but I think there are multiple reasons this error is shown..

! Backup your icons !

Remember to backup your icons in /platforms/android/res/ Or copy the whole map as backup to be sure you don't lose your work...

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answered Dec 10 '14 at 15:51

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score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 26 '15 at 18:10

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You could brute force it if you are an admin and just sudo chmod -R 777 ./platforms/ from the project root directory.

answered Oct 26 '15 at 18:10

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 27 '14 at 13:51

Hard to diagnose the problem here. Could you add more information to the problem description?

For what I can see, which is not too much, it is because one of the executables doesn't have the right exec permissions for your user (assuming you are on Ubuntu 14.04 per your output).

Ensure Android SDK Tools and Platform-Tools, as well as Oracle JDK and Ant, are in your PATH with the appropriate permissions. Otherwise, put more information here.

this should be a comment, not an answer – jesses.co.tt Sep 02 '14 at 13:51 — jesses.co.tt, Sep 02 '14 at 13:51

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 06 '14 at 06:19

I have same problems, solved it today after countless of trials and error. I have actually get BUILD SUCCESS to appear.
the thing is to change the environemnt variable..
from

JAVA_HOME : c:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jre
PATH: c:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jdk1.x.x\bin

to

JAVA_HOME : c:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jdk1.x.x\jre
PATH: c:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jdk1.x.x\bin

NOTE: the JAVA_HOME has to point to JDK/JRE (the jre child of jdk). I install both jre and jdk. it seems that I need to install both for the cordova-CLI to work on windows8.1.
I hope this helps.

cordova build Command failed with exit code EACCES

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