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Asked: 2026-05-22T20:25:52+00:00

I’ve been searching the web (and S.O.) for a while before asking this question.

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I’ve been searching the web (and S.O.) for a while before asking this question. But I’m totally stuck and I don’t know how to fix this.

I have to embed a custom framework inside an .app bundle, using XCode 4. I know I have to fix the install path of the framework using the install_name_tool utility. I’ve done it like this:

install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/Ogg.framework/Versions/A/Ogg @executable_path/../Frameworks/Ogg.framework/Versions/A/Ogg <input framework>

I’ve verified that the framework was actually processed by looking at the “last modified” timestamp of the file.

Now the problem: the framework gets copied into the app bundle, but when I run the application, it crashes and in the error report it tells that /Library/Frameworks/Ogg.framework/Versions/A/Ogg image could not be found. Please note the wrong name.

I’m sure I’m embedding the right version of the framework (the one modified by install_name_tool).

What can I do? Thank you in advance.

EDIT: I even tried recompiling the library from sources, specifiying a different install path, but the problem persists. I’ve tried otool -L on the executable of my application, and it lists the Ogg framework with the wrong path (/Library/Frameworks/....). I don’t know where it takes it. Please help…

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  1. Editorial Team

    You want to run install_name_tool on the application’s binary.

    Or you can change the install name of the framework to @executable_path/../<blah blah> before you link the application to it.

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