iTerm2 fails to build on Sierra

[rxa254 (Rana Adhikari)]

Fresh macports install on 2017 MacBook Pro running 10.12.6. Get this

sudo port install iTerm2
--->  Fetching archive for iTerm2
Warning: Your DNS servers incorrectly claim to know the address of nonexistent hosts. This may cause checksum mismatches for some ports. See this page for more information: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MisbehavingServers>
--->  Attempting to fetch iTerm2-3.1.2_0.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/iTerm2
--->  Attempting to fetch iTerm2-3.1.2_0.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://sea.us.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/iTerm2
--->  Attempting to fetch iTerm2-3.1.2_0.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://kmq.jp.packages.macports.org/iTerm2
--->  Fetching distfiles for iTerm2
--->  Verifying checksums for iTerm2
--->  Extracting iTerm2
--->  Applying patches to iTerm2
--->  Configuring iTerm2
--->  Building iTerm2
Error: Failed to build iTerm2: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_iTerm2/iTerm2/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port iTerm2 failed

[rxa254 (Rana Adhikari)]

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_iTerm2/iTerm2/main.log

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It builds fine for me on Sierra with Xcode 9.

Your log says:

:info:build Details:  Error: Error Domain=DVTPlugInErrorDomain Code=2 "Loading a plug-in failed." UserInfo={DVTPlugInIdentifierErrorKey=com.apple.dt.IDE.IDEModelFoundation, DVTPlugInExecutablePathErrorKey=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=The plug-in or one of its prerequisite plug-ins may be missing or damaged and may need to be reinstalled., DVTPlugInDYLDErrorMessageErrorKey=dlopen(/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation, 0): Library not loaded: /Library/Developer/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSimulator.framework/Versions/A/CoreSimulator
:info:build   Referenced from: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation
:info:build   Reason: image not found, NSLocalizedDescription=Loading a plug-in failed., NSFilePath=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin, NSLocalizedFailureReason=The plug-in “com.apple.dt.IDE.IDEModelFoundation” at path “/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin” could not be loaded.  The plug-in or one of its prerequisite plug-ins may be missing or damaged., NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff694479050 {Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3587 "dlopen_preflight(/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation): Library not loaded: /Library/Developer/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSimulator.framework/Versions/A/CoreSimulator
:info:build   Referenced from: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation
:info:build   Reason: image not found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedFailureReason=The bundle is damaged or missing necessary resources., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Try reinstalling the bundle., NSFilePath=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation, NSDebugDescription=dlopen_preflight(/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation): Library not loaded: /Library/Developer/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSimulator.framework/Versions/A/CoreSimulator
:info:build   Referenced from: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEModelFoundation
:info:build   Reason: image not found, NSBundlePath=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEModelFoundation.ideplugin, NSLocalizedDescription=The bundle “IDEModelFoundation” couldn’t be loaded because it is damaged or missing necessary resources.

Sounds like an Xcode problem. Make sure you have Xcode 9 and its version of the command line tools, and that you have launched Xcode once to perform the first-run installation.

[AlD (Daniel Albers)]

Can confirm. Just hit this error, was resolved after starting the freshly installed Xcode.

The possible feature request here would be for port(1) to detect and flag this situation.

[rxa254 (Rana Adhikari)]

thanks; works for me now. I had run 'xcode-select --install' from the terminal before. Running the GUI once seems to have done the trick.