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Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugAidl' during compilation

See original GitHub issue

Is this a bug report?

yes

Have you read the Contributing Guidelines?

yes

Environment

(There is a bug in your info too)

Environment:
  OS:  Linux 4.10
  Node:  8.6.0
  Yarn:  Not Found
  npm:  5.4.2
  Watchman:  Not Found
Error: unable to print environment info
{ Error: not found: xcodebuild
    at getNotFoundError (/home/jhacked/Github/asd/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
    at Function.whichSync [as sync] (/home/jhacked/Github/asd/node_modules/which/which.js:134:9)
    at getXcodeVersion (/home/jhacked/Github/asd/node_modules/envinfo/envinfo.js:17:25)
    at Object.module.exports.print (/home/jhacked/Github/asd/node_modules/envinfo/envinfo.js:136:28)
    at Object.info (/home/jhacked/Github/asd/node_modules/react-native/local-cli/info/info.js:17:13)
    at Promise.resolve.then (/home/jhacked/Github/asd/node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cliEntry.js:109:26)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:667:11)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:187:16) code: 'ENOENT' }

Steps to Reproduce

Create a new project wiht react-native init temp
cd temp
npm install
react-native run-android (and here I get the error)

Actual Behavior

I’ve got an Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugAidl'

Actually I found this issue where the guy had the same problem: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/14733 and I managed to solve it like he says, but I’m not comfortable repeating all those steps for every project I have.

I’d like to know why this happens, what exactly is missing and how to install this missing piece in order to happily compile my apks

Thank you very much for you work