How can I use xcodebuild in command line?

Question

I'm a newbie to xcode. I'm using xcode 4.3 with lion. I want to use xcodebuild in command line, but it report "no such file". I searched it with Finder, but no result.

What is this file's path? Does it exist in the Xcode.app? Can I search files in a .app package?

Additional info: When I typed "which xcodebuild", it return /usr/bin/xcodebuild. Enter this folder, and type xocdebuild, it still return Error:

Can't run /Applications/usr/bin/xcodebuild (no such file).

Solution 1

The installer put mine in

/usr/bin/xcodebuild

You can also find it in the application bundle:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild

Solution 2

/usr/bin/xcodebuild only calls the xcodebuild command from the developer tools directory given by xcode-select. To find out the current developer tools directory as given by xcode-select run

xcode-select -print-path

I fixed the issue by changing that path executing

sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Which is where my developer tools are. You should change /Applications/Xcode.app to wherever your Xcode application is.

Comments

[Spark]

I have checked it, and make sure it installed.

[Spark]

I find it, but still cannot work, aways report: Can't run /Applications/usr/bin/xcodebuild (no such file).

[Conrad Shultz]

Post exactly what you are typing. Note that "/Applications/usr/bin/xcodebuild" is NOT what I wrote, and is a totally bogus location.

[Conrad Shultz]

(I'm not saying you're messing things up, though. It's possible that you have a broken symlink somewhere, for example.)

[NSResponder]

Spark, look carefully at what you wrote. You're leaving "Xcode.app" out of your path.

[Spark]

I just type "xcodebuild". It seem mac aways redirect my command to a nonsexist path "/Applications/usr/bin/xcodebuild"

[Conrad Shultz]

But you're saying that "which xcodebuild" results in "/usr/bin/xcodebuild"? Maybe you have a bad symlink... what do you get if you "ls -l /usr/bin/xcodebuild"?

[Spark]

Thanks all guys, the problem solved :) The xcodebuild in /usr/bin/xcodebuild is corrupted. I made a link from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuil‌​d, it can work now.