npm install error - No Xcode or CLT version detected?

Question

"no receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.cltools_executables' found at '/'"

Above error is thrown while running 'npm install' for an angular 9 project in VS Code bash terminal for MacOS (Catalina)

Package.json dependencies:

    "@angular/animations": "~9.1.1",
    "@angular/common": "~9.1.1",
    "@angular/compiler": "~9.1.1",
    "@angular/core": "~9.1.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~9.1.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~9.1.1",
    "@angular/router": "~9.1.1",
    "rxjs": "~6.5.4",
    "tslib": "1.10.0",
    "zone.js": "0.10.2"

Yes! This has been messing me up all day! – dustbuster Sep 24 '20 at 19:36 — dustbuster, Sep 24 '20 at 19:36

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '20 at 10:52

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I got this working by following the steps below:

Find out the path for the command line tools xcode-select --print-path
Delete command line tools directory ( Directory path can be retrieved from the above step ) sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
Run this to re-install xcode-select --install

Post this, 'npm install' should run successfully on VS Code in MacOS bash terminal.

answered Aug 07 '20 at 10:52

Anurag Chugh

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`sudo rm -rf $(xcode-select --print-path)` just to be sure you copy it right – mdave16 Sep 24 '20 at 09:54
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this does not work with Big Sur and Xcode 12.5 – JasonGenX May 07 '21 at 17:30

npm install error - No Xcode or CLT version detected?

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