Unable to start Xcode Profiler, Error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)

Question

Unable to start profiler, and getting an error as below.

Write auxiliary files

/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build/Objects-normal/i386
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build/Objects-normal/i386 (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build/Objects-normal/i386
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build/Objects-normal/i386 (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)
/bin/mkdir -p /WinWorker\ WatchApp\ Extension.build
error: Unable to create directory: /<App name> WatchApp Extension.build (Permission denied)

Any help???.

Answer 1

It looks like you specified the root (/) directory as an absolute build location.

Since your user account appropriately doesn't have permission to create directories there, the build fails.

Go to Xcode -> Preferences -> Locations and change the build location.