Re: [OT] DeveloperTools Vs Xcode Tools VS X11
Re: [OT] DeveloperTools Vs Xcode Tools VS X11
- Subject: Re: [OT] DeveloperTools Vs Xcode Tools VS X11
- From: Roger Howard <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:25:40 -0800
On Feb 16, 2005, at 3:51 PM, Xandra Lee wrote:
TRULY dumb embarrassing questions:
I finally loaded Panther and am somewhat confused
Is Xcode Tools the Panther version of "Developer Tools"?
Yes, basically.
How does X11 fit into the picture.
X11 is installed separately. X11 is a requirement for running most
windowed (GUI) unix/linux applications.
Which bits of any/all of these are most useful in AppleScripting?
I don't use any Macs that don't have both DevTools (Xcode) and X11 on
them, so it's sometimes hard to remember what's missing in OSX if you
don't have them. You certainly won't get AppleScriptStudio (part of
Xcode). You won't get the tools to make packaged installers,
encode/decode resource forks, the HFS-friendly version of cp, ditto,
and so on. Some people find some of these tools useful for
AppleScripting.
Oh, and you won't have gcc (c compiler) so you won't be able to compile
C source... so you won't be able to download, compile, install many
unix tools that are only available in source form.
Where would I find the terminal commands which were missing from basic
installs (at least in Jaguar) like CPMac.
All those tools are still part of XCode.
I most definitely not a developer - but often find I need to install
all
this stuff just to follow instructions in UNIX tutorials, and
occasionally
just to run a couple basic things in terminal
I would definitely always install XCode if you're even a moderately
geeky power user. Really, if you do any shell work at all, I'd consider
it necessary, as the out of the box OSX doesn't come with everything
that many unix tutorials will assume. DevTools/Xcode will fill in these
blanks - especially gcc.
Lastly any links to above appreciated.
I already have Xcode Tools on CD, but assume the CD not totally up to
date.
(I kept going in circles on Apples Website which would offer to sell
me a
CD, but mention I could download it for free - but no download link to
be
found??)
Go to http://connect.apple.com
Sign up for a free developer account. Download the latest XCode.
-R
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