Can't compile C program on a Mac after upgrade to Mojave

Question

I have used the gcc command on the terminal to compile C programs but all of a sudden, after an update to my Mac\'s OS (to macOS 10.14 Mojave, and XCode 10.0), I started rec

Answer 1

After trying every answer I could find here and online, I was still getting errors for some missing headers. When trying to compile pyRFR, I was getting errors about stdexcept not being found, which apparently was not installed in /usr/include with the other headers. However, I found where it was hiding in Mojave and added this to the end of my ~/.bash_profile file:

export CPATH=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/include/c++/v1

Having done that, I can now compile pyRFR and other C/C++ programs. According to echo | gcc -E -Wp,-v -, gcc was looking in the old location for these headers (without the /c++/v1), but not the new location, so adding that to CFLAGS fixed it.

Answer 2

@JL Peyret is right!

if you macos 10.14.6 Mojave, Xcode 11.0+

then

cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs

sudo ln -s MacOSX.sdk/ MacOSX10.14.sdk

Answer 3

I was having this issue and nothing worked. I ran xcode-select --install and also installed /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg.

BACKGROUND

Since I was having issues with App Store on a new laptop, I was forced to download the Xcode Beta installer from the Apple website to install Xcode outside App Store. So I only had Xcode Beta installed.

SOLUTION

This, (I think), was making clang to not find the SDKROOT directory /Applications/Xcode.app/...., because there is no Beta in the path, or maybe Xcode Beta simply doesn't install it (I don't know). To fix the issue, I had to remove Xcode Beta and resolve the App Store issue to install the release version.

tldr;

If you have Xcode Beta, try cleaning up everything and installing the release version before trying out the solutions that are working for other people.

Answer 4

The problem is that Xcode, especially Xcode 10.x, has not installed everything, so ensure the command line tools are installed, type this in a terminal shell:

xcode-select --install

also start Xcode and ensure all the required installation is installed ( you should get prompted if it is not.) and since Xcode 10 does not install the full Mac OS SDK, run the installer at

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg

as this package is not installed by Xcode 10.

Answer 5

I've found great solution and explanation at this GitHub comment. The trick:

make SDKROOT=`xcrun --show-sdk-path` MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=

Did the job.

Answer 6

When you

• updated to Mojave 10.14.6
• your /usr/include was deleted again
• the package mentioned in @Jonathan-lefflers answer doesn't exist anymore The file /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg does not exist. and
• Xcode complains that command line tools are already installed xcode-select --install xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

Then, what helped me recover the mentioned package, was deleting the whole CommandLineTools folder (sudo) rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools and reinstall it xcode-select --install.