npm install of ios-deploy fails with "ld: framework not found MobileDevice" on macOS Catalina #415

michelleangela · 2019-10-21T21:22:02Z

Expected behavior

can install ios-deploy with npm

Actual behavior

install ios-deploy fails with error

ld: framework not found MobileDevice
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

see attached logs for details
2019-10-21T21_18_50_387Z-debug.log

Steps to reproduce the problem

Install iso-deploy using npm

sudo npm install -g -unsafe-perm=true ios-deploy

System Specs

Please run the commands below in your Terminal.app and include it in the issue. Check when done and include results below.

1. system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

System Software Overview:

System Version: macOS 10.15 (19A603)
Kernel Version: Darwin 19.0.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: macminimdd
User Name: mdd (mdd)
Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
System Integrity Protection: Enabled
Time since boot: 2:07

2. ios-deploy -V
n/a. cannot install ios-deploy
3. xcodebuild -version
Xcode 11.1
Build version 11A1027
4. xcode-select --print-path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
5. gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple clang version 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
6. lldb --version
lldb-1100.0.28.19
Apple Swift version 5.1 (swiftlang-1100.0.270.13 clang-1100.0.33.7)

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michelleangela · 2019-10-21T21:23:09Z

I tried workarounds posted here #387 (comment) and it didn't work.

Kennytian · 2019-10-22T02:34:23Z

1. system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:
    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.15 (19A602)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 19.0.0
      Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: Kenny’s Mac
      User Name: Kenny (kenny)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled
      Time since boot: 1 day 1:31

2. ios-deploy -V
n/a. cannot install ios-deploy

 3. xcodebuild -version
Xcode 11.1
Build version 11A1027

4. xcode-select --print-path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

5. gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple clang version 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

6. lldb --version
lldb-1100.0.28.19
Apple Swift version 5.1 (swiftlang-1100.0.270.13 clang-1100.0.33.7)

The same issue here.

Kennytian · 2019-10-22T03:09:34Z

@michelleangela

You can try following steps:

npm uninstall -g ios-deploy
yarn global remove ios-deploy (if you installed it with yarn global)
npm i -g ios-deploy@beta

It's work to me.

michelleangela · 2019-10-22T17:09:39Z

npm uninstall -g ios-deploy

yarn global remove ios-deploy (if you installed it with yarn global)

npm i -g ios-deploy@beta

The version ios-deploy@beta fails to install as well.

matamune94 · 2019-10-23T05:04:04Z

** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
	Ld /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy/build/Release/ios-deploy normal x86_64
(1 failure)

not working help

lvlkoo · 2019-10-24T18:43:40Z

Same for me. Any solution for this?
MacOS 10.15 Catalina

michaelpeterlee · 2019-10-25T01:17:21Z

If anyone is here from the Ionic v1 project, you can ignore this error when building iOS; Just open the project in XCode.

michelleangela · 2019-10-25T16:49:22Z

Other npm packages that take a dependency on the ios-deploy will also fail to install because ios-deploy fails to install. In particular we'd like to get the ios-deploy installation fixed to successfully install the vcremote package.

maximovalexei · 2019-10-28T05:13:39Z

** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
	Ld /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy/build/Release/ios-deploy normal x86_64
(1 failure)

не работает помощь

Аналогичная проблема

N-Olbert · 2019-10-28T08:25:06Z

Other npm packages that take a dependency on the ios-deploy will also fail to install because ios-deploy fails to install. In particular we'd like to get the ios-deploy installation fixed to successfully install the vcremote package.

@michelleangela Installing ios-deploy via brew works for me on Catalina 10.15 (brew uses a precompiled tarball). As vcremote requires/installs brew anyways could it be a workaround to modify the vcremote package to use brew (instead of npm) to install ios-deploy?

abowerman · 2019-10-29T03:05:19Z

Other npm packages that take a dependency on the ios-deploy will also fail to install because ios-deploy fails to install. In particular we'd like to get the ios-deploy installation fixed to successfully install the vcremote package.

@michelleangela Installing ios-deploy via brew works for me on Catalina 10.15 (brew uses a precompiled tarball). As vcremote requires/installs brew anyways could it be a workaround to modify the vcremote package to use brew (instead of npm) to install ios-deploy?

for the people skimming:

brew install ios-deploy

Should do the trick.

penicsn · 2019-10-29T06:54:25Z

I solved this way:

git clone https://github.com/ios-control/ios-deploy.git --branch=1.9.4
cd to ios-deploy then: npm i
xcodebuild
sudo cp -R /[IOS-DEPLOY-DIR] /usr/local/lib/node_modules
ln -s /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy/build/Release/ios-deploy /usr/local/bin/

HristoSmerikarov · 2019-10-29T10:58:05Z

Had the same issue, but resolved it with a "two-step-before" fix:
flutter/flutter#22595

clnorris · 2019-10-29T17:19:43Z

Do any of the suggested fixes allow vcremote to be installed? Can vcremote installation be changed to use one of the workarounds?

Edison4mobile · 2019-10-30T14:59:02Z

@penicsn
It is not working in mac os catalina 10.15 Beta

LeoHYS · 2019-10-31T08:03:46Z

the same issue, and try all the solutions above, still not working.

itlijunjie · 2019-11-02T04:48:46Z

#387 (comment)

pryorm92 · 2019-11-02T15:50:36Z

#387 (comment)

Thanks, but that had already been tried by many of us without success.

mesqueeb · 2019-11-04T08:01:32Z

I was able to fix this issue by doing what was described here:

rm -fr ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ios-deploy-*
npm -g uninstall ios-deploy
npm -g install ios-deploy@beta

And it worked.

ElieMyIdea · 2019-11-04T16:34:51Z

3. npm i -g ios-deploy@beta

Other npm packages that take a dependency on the ios-deploy will also fail to install because ios-deploy fails to install. In particular we'd like to get the ios-deploy installation fixed to successfully install the vcremote package.

@michelleangela Installing ios-deploy via brew works for me on Catalina 10.15 (brew uses a precompiled tarball). As vcremote requires/installs brew anyways could it be a workaround to modify the vcremote package to use brew (instead of npm) to install ios-deploy?

for the people skimming:

brew install ios-deploy

Should do the trick.

After correctly cleaning is working well

lingzt · 2019-11-07T21:27:51Z

@michelleangela

You can try following steps:

npm uninstall -g ios-deploy

yarn global remove ios-deploy (if you installed it with yarn global)

npm i -g ios-deploy@beta

It's work to me.

Thanks for the tips. Before all the steps I cleaned my Derivedata, and it works!

gabebear · 2019-11-18T14:54:12Z

I believe this is linked to the version of Xcode used. Here is what testing on my Mojave(10.14.6) Mac shows:

Xcode 10.2.1 - success
Xcode 10.3 - success
Xcode 11.0 - ld: framework not found MobileDevice
Xcode 11.1 - ld: framework not found MobileDevice
Xcode 11.2 - ld: framework not found MobileDevice

meesha81 · 2019-11-26T19:42:09Z

#install brew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

#install ios-deploy, working for Catalina 10.15.1
brew install ios-deploy

zakabluk · 2019-12-02T20:49:26Z

I believe this is linked to the version of Xcode used. Here is what testing on my Mojave(10.14.6) Mac shows:

Xcode 10.2.1 - success

Xcode 10.3 - success

Xcode 11.0 - ld: framework not found MobileDevice

Xcode 11.1 - ld: framework not found MobileDevice

Xcode 11.2 - ld: framework not found MobileDevice

@mesqueeb comment helped me at similar situation.

gabebear · 2019-12-09T20:14:55Z

With 1.10.0 released I think this is now resolved.

michelleangela · 2019-12-09T22:23:07Z

With 1.10.0 released I think this is now resolved.

I tried installing 1.10.0 and still got the error (full log attached):

ld: framework not found MobileDevice
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
	Ld /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy/build/Release/ios-deploy normal x86_64
(1 failure)

Used Xcode 11.2.1

2019-12-09T22_05_40_717Z-debug.log

Is there something I'm missing? A pre-requisite, etc?

gabebear · 2019-12-10T00:01:14Z

@michelleangela Was this on Catalina?

I’m not sure what’s up, but can look at it tomorrow.

To help narrow things down, what is your?

OS version:
Xcode version:
npm version:
node version:
bash or zsh:

(Catalina user accounts upgraded from Mojave use bash, but newly created accounts use zsh)

michelleangela · 2019-12-10T00:11:16Z

The error was on Catalina, which was upgraded from Mojava.

OS:

System Software Overview:

  System Version: macOS 10.15.1 (19B88)
  Kernel Version: Darwin 19.0.0
  Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
  Boot Mode: Normal
  Computer Name: macminimdd
  User Name: mdd (mdd)
  Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
  System Integrity Protection: Enabled
  Time since boot: 17 days 4:39

xcodebuild -version
Xcode 11.2.1
Build version 11B500

npm -version
6.12.0 (I also tried with 6.13.2 and failed)

node -v
v12.13.0

Used bash, upgraded from Mojave
echo $BASH_VERSION
3.2.57(1)-release

We aren't abandoning node/npm yet... but with the odd issues in #415 it's prudent to not direct people toward node when we aren't really using it.

gabebear · 2019-12-10T10:04:47Z

@michelleangela Does installing via brew work for you? (e.g. the changes in #429)

If you have previously installed ios-deploy via npm, uninstall it by running:
sudo npm uninstall -g ios-deploy
Install ios-deploy via Homebrew by running:
brew install ios-deploy

I'm going to update a computer to Catalina today to look at this further.

gabebear · 2019-12-10T13:40:51Z

@michelleangela I setup a system extremely close to yours and I'm not seeing a failure.

macOS 10.15.1 with account updated from Mojave
xcodebuild -version : Xcode 11.2.1 Build version 11B500
npm -version : 6.12.1
node -v : v12.13.1
echo $BASH_VERSION : 3.2.57(1)-release

My npm and node versions were .1 higher than the versions than you have(I let brew install the node@12 package to get those versions). Can you please try updating to see if the NodeJS maintaners fixed something for Catalina in that release.

The pre-install script that fails is running ./src/scripts/check_reqs.js && xcodebuild. Can you try running those by themselves and see if either ./src/scripts/check_reqs.js fails with something interesting or if xcodebuild is what is failing?

michelleangela · 2019-12-10T20:44:27Z

@gabebear

Quick update:

Installing ios-deploy via brew works.
I updated node to 13.3.0 via brew and used npm 6.13.2, and sudo npm install -g -unsafe-perm=true ios-deploy still fails. I also tried clearing the cache of npm.
The script ./src/scripts/check_reqs.js && xcodebuild builds successfully from local folder of git cloning of ios-deploy.
I tried uninstalling node and npm and then re-installing node.js via downloaded package from https://nodejs.org/ and ios-deploy still fails.

There may be something else configured differently on my machine that's causing the installation to fail.

gabebear · 2019-12-10T21:39:38Z

@michelleangela could you try one more thing?

In a clone of the repo can open package.json and change this line:

"preinstall": "./src/scripts/check_reqs.js && xcodebuild",

to this:

"preinstall": "xcodebuild",

and try running:

npm install

(also try it with the line unmodified)

The check_reqs.js 'should' only check that you have Xcode installed and fail with a nice message(but it might be failing for some strange reason).

Remove node/npm from README installation steps (in favor of brew) Verified that this fixes the issue we saw in #415 ... but still not sure why npm is failing.

michelleangela · 2019-12-10T23:33:52Z

@gabebear

npm install works for both cases of preinstall commands.

One thing I tried was comparing the outputs of building the package under the folder that npm would install ios-deploy with output of installing from npm. When installing via npm, I would use sudo and noticed that this would reference a different path for USER_APPS_DIR and USER_LIBRARY_DIR, etc.

Using sudo

   export USER_APPS_DIR=/var/root/Applications
   export USER_LIBRARY_DIR=/var/root/Library

No sudo

   export USER_APPS_DIR=/Users/mdd/Applications
   export USER_LIBRARY_DIR=/Users/mdd/Library

Building locally with sudo, produces error:

npm WARN lifecycle ios-deploy@1.10.0~preinstall: cannot run in wd ios-deploy@1.10.0 ./src/scripts/check_reqs.js && xcodebuild (wd=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy2)
npm WARN deprecated circular-json@0.3.3: CircularJSON is in maintenance only, flatted is its successor.
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall chmod
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy2/build/Release/ios-deploy
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy2/build/Release/ios-deploy'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

Then, I tried installing via npm but without sudo this time and installation was successful.

It looks like the issue was different paths were getting references under different user permissions. Perhaps I had installed some things using sudo and some without sudo.

Thank you for helping to investigate! I think the problem is resolved.

gabebear · 2019-12-11T15:39:01Z

Odd... but glad it's working for you. Hopefully brew installs won't have these weird edge cases.

Apuyuseng · 2020-02-16T04:11:33Z

$ brew install ios-deploy
Updating Homebrew...
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/ios-deploy-1.10.0.catalina.bottle.1.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring ios-deploy-1.10.0.catalina.bottle.1.tar.gz
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/ios-deploy/1.10.0: 5 files, 232.2KB

soorajshankar · 2020-04-21T16:31:24Z

Try this

sudo npm i -g ios-deploy@beta --unsafe-perm=true

We aren't abandoning node/npm yet... but with the odd issues in ios-control#415 it's prudent to not direct people toward node when we aren't really using it.

Remove node/npm from README installation steps (in favor of brew) Verified that this fixes the issue we saw in ios-control#415 ... but still not sure why npm is failing.

This was referenced Oct 22, 2019

npm i macaca-ios -g --verbose error alibaba/macaca#949

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Known issues and walkarounds 目前已知问题+解决方案 alibaba/macaca#929

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This was referenced Nov 23, 2019

Can't install on 10.14.6 #419

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Catalina Beta 5 - Install error Beta1.10.0-beta.2 #405

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Status of ios-deploy with Xcode 11 #422

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kas-kad mentioned this issue Nov 27, 2019

🦟cordova build ios for a blank project fails with an unknown error apache/cordova#176

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gabebear reopened this Dec 9, 2019

gabebear added a commit that referenced this issue Dec 10, 2019

Remove node/npm from normal instructions in README

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We aren't abandoning node/npm yet... but with the odd issues in #415 it's prudent to not direct people toward node when we aren't really using it.

gabebear mentioned this issue Dec 10, 2019

Remove node/npm from README installation steps (in favor of brew) #429

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Merge pull request #429 from ios-control/gabebear-patch-2

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Remove node/npm from README installation steps (in favor of brew) Verified that this fixes the issue we saw in #415 ... but still not sure why npm is failing.

gabebear closed this as completed Dec 11, 2019

gabebear mentioned this issue Feb 14, 2020

The following build commands failed: Ld /Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/ios-deploy/build/Release/ios-deploy normal x86_64 #450

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npm install of ios-deploy fails with "ld: framework not found MobileDevice" on macOS Catalina #415

npm install of ios-deploy fails with "ld: framework not found MobileDevice" on macOS Catalina #415

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michelleangela commented Oct 21, 2019

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