Homebrew: Your Command Line Tools are too outdated
Like many others I make use of Homebrew as the package manager on my Mac. Usually it’s quite reliable, yet when I recently tried to install Terraform from the brew repository I was shown the error “Your Command Line Tools are too outdated”. This post will cover the steps I used to fix the issue.
1.0 The problem
The message “Error: Your Command Line Tools are too outdated” is shown.
2.0 Why does this happen?
There are many ways this issue could arise (far too many to list here). Some of the key suspects are:
- Command Line Tools for Xcode not being installed
- A recent Mac OS upgrade
- Firewall app (LuLu) blocking update attempts
3.0 Resolution
First, temporarily disable any 3rd part firewall apps like LuLu or Little Snitch.
Then open Terminal and run the following commands:
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Once complete perform a Homebrew update:
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4.0 Summary
That’s it!
If you have found this post helpful please let me know by dropping a comment below. Otherwise, thanks for reading.
Comments
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This post helped me a lot. I was the problem.
Thanks. Glad to hear Patrick!
It was great. thank you!
when I run this command:
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineToolsI cant run this command:sudo xcode-select --installface this error : xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer toolsThere will be a pop-up window asking you to agree with Xcode requirements. You see this error because you either did not agree or just closed that pop-up window
Did the charm, thanks for that
THANK YOU!
Easy and simple solution. This was very helpful.
Thank you
worked well for me, thanks for the post
It works for me. Thank you!
thx al lot - did the trick!
Doesn't worked. ==> Upgrading openssl@1.1 1.1.1d -> 1.1.1q
Error: Your Command Line Tools are too outdated. Update them from Software Update in System Preferences or run: softwareupdate --all --install --force
If that doesn't show you any updates, run: sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools sudo xcode-select --install
Alternatively, manually download them from: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/. You should download the Command Line Tools for Xcode 13.4.
I need to work with Xcode 13.1 and I can't upgrade it to 13.4. What can I do? Please help!
Thank you.
You d'man! Thank you. Maybe someday AI will help brew output useful error messages since we failed at it.
Worked great!
Thank you <3
Thanks! I worked a charm
Thanks!
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thanks
This no longer seems to work in sequoia. For some reason after re-install the same error occurs. I can no longer install buildable things. Is there another trick?.... Ok so the xcode-select after removal doesn't work, but downloading the full dmg install and installing that does. The xcode-select takes a really long time and seems to do what it promises, but doesn't seem to.
Thank you
Had the same issue as others on OSX Sequoia.
Downloaded Xcode 16.1 RC and 16.1 CommandLine tools and all working ok now.
I have the same issue as Andreas on Sequoia. Removed and reinstalled Xcode and no change. I need to upgrade an old version of OpenSSL that is being flagged as vulnerable in my system.