"Command /usr/sbin/chown failed with exit code 1" when Archiving
IosXcodeChownIos Problem Overview
I am trying to archive my first iOS 4.3 Application for iPhone and I always encounter this error:
Command /usr/sbin/chown failed with exit code 1
I have searched through various forums, trying solutions such as changing the Alternate Install Group (which I don't know what to change to), and turning on 'Skip Install'.
Ios Solutions
Solution 1 - Ios
As dumb as it sounds, in XCode 5.1.1, all I had to do was quit out and restart XCode just now. I know it's not much of an "answer" but it just worked for me.
Edit: this is still working as of July 2018 for folks. Edit: this is still working as of January 2019 xcode 9.4.1
Solution 2 - Ios
I was having difficulty with the SetOwnerAndGroup part of Archiving - I was getting /usr/sbin/chown failed, and it was getting 'operation not permitted' on each file it tried to 'chown'.
This was easily tested in the terminal - 'chown' doesn't work, but 'sudo chown' does. Since I had no need to be changing file permissions, the simplest solution was to not do the chown.
The screenshot above shows - I just blanked out Install Owner/Group, and that did it.
Solution 3 - Ios
When I got this error, rebooting my computer fixed it.
Solution 4 - Ios
I have tried all the other solutions but none of them worked for me. So I have run this on a terminal to change the owner to me on every file in my project:
sudo chown -R my_username:my_group ./my_project_folder
where "my_username" is you username, "my_group" is your group (this is usually staff) and "my_project_folder" your project's folder.
Solution 5 - Ios
None of the other solutions worked for me on Xcode 4.5. What I had to do was the following:
The fix is by removing the armv6 architecture from both your project and the CordovaLib project, clean both projects, and rebuild.
Solution 6 - Ios
To it works in my environment I cleaned all information about permission, as +adalle said, complemented by Tom and Phil
I emptied the fields Install Group, Install Owner, Install Permission including the Cordova SubProject
Solution 7 - Ios
I had the same issue with Xcode . It started working after restarting Xcode.
In the screenshot , Xcode ->build settings , installed group was empty after restarting Xcode .the group id it has showed as some number.
Solution 8 - Ios
Not sure if this is the same problem you are having, but this fixed it for me:
When I created my XCode project, my app name had a space in it, so trying to deploy my app always failed. I was able to fix this by using a Custom Archive Name.
In XCode 4...
- Edit the Deployment Scheme
- Click on the Archive tab
- Then specify an Archive Name that doesn't have spaces in it.
Solution 9 - Ios
I tried all possible variants and they didn't help me. So I downloaded old XCode 4.4.1 and voila - application archived successfully :)
Solution 10 - Ios
- Select the target that's giving you the error
- Change
Build Active Architecture Onlyfrom Yes to No
That worked for me.
Solution 11 - Ios
For me reboot my mac fixed it. OS High Sierra, xCode 9.2
Solution 12 - Ios
When this happens to me on Xcode 8, I do "Clean build folder" 2 times (the first time it throws an error, but the second time succeeds) and then archive again.
Note: The "Clean build folder" option is under "Product" Menu, hold the alt button and you will see the "Clean" option changing to "Clean build folder".
Solution 13 - Ios
- Clean your project.
- Clean your build Folder. (Product > ⌥ > Clean Build Folder)
- Set the target device to Generic iOS Device .
