Cordova can't find ios-deploy on mac

[newuser44]

On a Mac OS Sierra.
New install of node.js but this time I told npm where to install the packages (~/.npm-packages)

Installed Cordova
Setup path to point to ~/npm-packages/bin

Try to run Cordova build ios --dev
I get an error I need to install iso-deploy

node:486) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ios-deploy was not found. Please download, build and install version 1.9.2 or greater from https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy into your path, or do 'npm install -g ios-deploy'

I follow that command npm install -g iso-deploy

It looks like it is installed.

** BUILD SUCCEEDED **

/Users/sbrothers/.npm-packages/bin/ios-deploy -> /Users/sbrothers/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy/build/Release/ios-deploy

• ios-deploy@1.9.2
  updated 1 package in 3.533s

Back to build with cordova build ios --dev
I get the same error.

(node:568) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ios-deploy was not found. Please download, build and install version 1.9.2 or greater from https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy into your path, or do 'npm install -g ios-deploy'

On the command line I can type ios-deploy

Expected behavior

cordova can find ios-deploy

Actual behavior.

cordova can not find ios-deploy. Is this because I have it installed in different folder?

System Specs

System Software Overview:

  System Version: macOS 10.12.6 (16G1036)
  Kernel Version: Darwin 16.7.0
  Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
  Boot Mode: Normal
  Computer Name: John’s MacBook Pro
  User Name: John Smith (sbrothers)
  Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
  System Integrity Protection: Enabled
  Time since boot: 14 minutes

iOS-deploy -V
1.9.2

Xcode 9.2
Build version 9C40b

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

lldb-900.0.64
Swift-4.0

npm version
5.6.0

cordova version
8.0.0

[newuser44]

I also did try
npm install --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root -g ios-deploy
Did not see any change.

[newuser44]

Still not sure if this is a cordova problem or ios-deploy problem.

I boot up the mac, I go to the folder where the code is.
I type in cordova build ios --dev.
Sometimes I might get an error that I need to select the "Team" something in xcode.

I find the codeproj file in the ios platform.
I change the team code and I run the same cordova command again.
Everything works.

I then build in xcode to push to a phone.
Works fine.

When I go back to the command line try to now build for prod (or dev) I can error:
Error: ios-deploy was not found. Please download, build and install version 1.9.2 or greater...

Now I can't build but 1 min ago I could.
Sometimes if I reboot the Mac I was able to build dev again.

I did downgrade my cordova version to 7.0.1.
My npm version is now 5.8
I set up npm to have a local package (~/npm-packages).
I add that to the /etc/paths put it to the top.

Seems like something in xcode screws up the path to where cordova can't find ios-deploy anymore.

[newuser44]

I created a .bash_profile with the path to the npm-package. I'm able to build more consistently.

[ceeyang]

I got this problem too, I am going crazy.

[ceeyang]

If hint 'XPCServices doesn't exist, find the path and delete the XPCServices file'.

[shazron]

Seems like a Cordova issue or a user environment issue since your terminal can find it. This is not a Cordova issue tracker -- closing

[chenqingze]

the solution is here:

• copy form https://www.npmjs.com/package/ios-deploy

OS X 10.11 El Capitan or greater
If you are not using a node version manager like nvm or n, you may have to do either of these three things below when under El Capitan:

Add the --unsafe-perm=true flag when installing ios-deploy
Add the --allow-root flag when installing ios-deploy
Ensure the nobody user has write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy/ios-deploy

[Sara--]

For those who have the cordova files in an own cordova directory: What helped for me was the following:
run npm install -g ios-deploy --unsafe-perm=true in the root directory of the project,
run cd cordova/,
run cordova build ios

Another time I noticed, that I kept getting that error message. But when checking Xcode, the build was updated. So I could ignore the error.. Really strange.

Next to this problem I had another problem that helped me fix this problem: I could not update or uninstall or reinstall cordova. When I tried installing it, the logs showed me the path of its binary. When adding this path to my ~/.bash_profile (or bashrc or .profile) by adding the line "$PATH=$PATH:/Users/$USER/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin" cordova worked and I also did not get this error message anymore. When you navigate to that path to node_modules, you can see ios-deploy is there too after your installation. So at least adding its path should help out.

[connorpgh]

Help !!
Anyone know how to fix this
i'm running ionic cordova run ios

Error message !!

[Mdelaf]

I am getting the same error:

CordovaError: Promise rejected with non-error: 'ios-deploy was not found. Please download, build and install version 1.9.2 or greater from https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy into your path, or do \'npm install -g ios-deploy\''
    at cli.catch.err (/Users/kunder/.nvm/versions/node/v10.4.1/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/cordova:30:15)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
[ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess cordova.
        
        cordova build ios --buildFlag=-UseModernBuildSystem=0 exited with exit code 1.

As @Sara-- mentioned, I just realized that XCode is actually being updated and the build succeed so the error can be ignored.

[blondie63]

Hi, i've same error on mac with Xcode 10 and build is not generated: some help ?
Ionic:
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 4.10.2 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic)
Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.9.3
@ionic/app-scripts : 3.2.2
Cordova:
cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.1.2 (cordova-lib@8.1.1)
Cordova Platforms : ios 4.5.5
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic 5.3.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 3.1.2, (and 10 other plugins)

System:
Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (/Users/mauro/Library/Android/sdk/)
ios-sim : 7.0.0
NodeJS : v10.15.0 (/usr/local/bin/node)
npm : 6.7.0
OS : macOS Mojave
Xcode : Xcode 10.1 Build version 10B61

[Moseskhan]

I got the same error after, I had run the code using the iphone simulator in xcode, so I guess its trying to do a run on the device, so all you have to do is change your build target to a generic ios device in xcode and restart xcode then
Otherwise you can run

npm install -g ios-deploy --unsafe-perm=true.
and run cordova build --ios --buildFlag="-UseModernBuildSystem=0"

[Sebschock]

I experience this error if my phone is connected to my computer (via cable) when I am running the build command.

Simply unplugging the cable solved the problem.

[oplengs001]

just unplugged the device