[GitHub] brodybits commented on issue #420: Why is ios-deploy required for plain builds (without deployment)?

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brodybits commented on issue #420: Why is ios-deploy required for plain builds (without deployment)?
URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/issues/420#issuecomment-425102077
 
 
   I get the following results from running `cordova build ios` with no `ios-deploy` installed:
   
   ```sh
   CordovaError: Promise rejected with non-error: 'ios-deploy was not found. Please download, build and install version 1.9.2 or greater from https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy into your path, or do \'npm install -g ios-deploy\''
       at cli.catch.err (/Users/brodybits/.nvs/node/8.12.0/x64/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/cordova:29:15)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)
   ```
   
   I am marking this as a bug since I think `ios-deploy` which has viral GPL v3 license should not be required to *build* an app from the command line.
   
   I think we should make some better distinction between *required* build tools and *recommended* build tools.

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