Exception while starting server.A new session could not be created. (Original error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system

Issues/Bugs
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I am getting “Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system”.

I have already installed ideviceinstaller and it is running fine through command line. But while starting through java program it is giving above error message.

Below commands I have used for installing ideviceinstaller.

brew install -v --fresh automake autoconf libtool wget libimobiledevice

brew install -v --HEAD --fresh --build-from-source ideviceinstaller

The command I am using is:
/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js -p 4785 -U XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --command-timeout 120

Logs:-
Build info: version: ‘2.48.2’, revision: ‘XXXXXXXXXXXXXX’, time: ‘2015-10-09 13:08:06’
System info: host: ‘XXXXXXXXX’, ip: ‘XXXXXXXXX’, os.name: ‘Mac OS X’, os.arch: ‘x86_64’, os.version: ‘10.11.1’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_65’

2

Seems like you need to add it to $PATH.

3

i am also getting same issue :- it’s working fine we manually perform start/stop operation but while handling server through commandline ideviceinstaller error massage displayed. if someone resolve it please help

4

HI,

I am new to appium ios.
Even I am getting same error. Please can anyone help to provide a solution for same.

Thanks in advance.

5

It may help you.

6

Hi,
Thanks for immediate response. I am getting below path from above command :
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_101.jdk/Contents/Home:/Users/admin/Downloads/apache-maven-3.3.9/bin:/Users/admin/Downloads/android-sdk-macosx/tools

Please suggest ahead.

7

Try to do the rest:

Right click on the execution.java file in Eclipse then choose [Run Configuration]

Click to tab [Environment] then click on [New]

Name: PATH
Value: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_101.jdk/Contents/Home:/Users/admin/Downloads/apache-maven-3.3.9/bin:/Users/admin/Downloads/android-sdk-macosx/tools

Apply then run

8

Hi ,

I have tried same steps , but still getting same error. Please suggest.
PFB screenshots for same :

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9

IF you are sure ideviceinstaller was installed, please change the path value to:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller

Please give a try.

10

Still getting same error.

11

May I have the full appium log file?
The appium log file, not the console output from IDE.

12

From which location I will get appium.log file? I am not getting the same.

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If you run appium sever from GUI, go to general setting and fill in the location for log file.

If you start appium server from command line, please add:

–log /path/to/appium.log

I never use the IDE console output for debugging. With full appium log file, the guys around can take a look easier about what is actually going on.

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Hi,
We are starting appium server using java script.
We are also new to mac, and not able to find where is the log file being saved (location : /path/to/appium.log). :-!

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Replace that one to be the real path on your mac. Anywhere you can access to.