xcrun: error: unable to find utility "PackageApplication", not a developer tool or in PATH - Since updating Xcode

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Lovelock picture Lovelock · Mar 28, 2017 · Viewed 24.7k times · Source

Updated Xcode this morning and now ionic project wont deploy to a device.

ionic run ios --device

Returns:

** BUILD SUCCEEDED **


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

Error: Error code 72 for command: xcrun with args: -sdk,iphoneos,PackageApplication,-v

No idea what to do to fix, Googling returns lots of options but none correct.

Answer

AnhSirk Dasarp picture AnhSirk Dasarp · May 12, 2017

Cordova is trying to use PackageApplication tool. But it was removed since Xcode 8.3. ( Thanks @guyromb for this )

For those who are coming from an error from Jenkins/fastlane here is a temporary fix till jenkins xcode plugin gives a fix on this

If you have Xcode 8.2.1 or any version below 8.3, copy PackageApplication script from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin

OR you can Download from this link - https://gist.github.com/anonymous/48f3e4c5ae25313dc0fe10d9ec50c3fc

Go to finder - /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin

paste the copied/downloaded above file here.

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