Re: Problem installing Xcode 4 on second Mac.
Re: Problem installing Xcode 4 on second Mac.
- Subject: Re: Problem installing Xcode 4 on second Mac.
- From: Jack Howarth <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:40:00 -0500
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 01:06:11PM -0800, Rob Lockstone wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Jack Howarth wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:34:09PM -0800, Rob Lockstone wrote:
> >> I submitted this to Apple's App Store support. But if anyone on this list has a solution, I'd love to hear it. Thanks.
> >>
> >> I purchased Xcode 4 from the App Store. It downloaded and installed fine on my first Mac. On my second Mac, I first uninstalled my old Xcode (3.2.5) before initiating the download from the App Store. I did not restart my Mac after uninstalling the old Xcode and starting the download of Xcode 4.
> >>
> >> Because it was late, and the download was going to take a couple hours, I started it and went to bed. When I checked the next morning, it appeared to have completed. The App Store said Xcode was installed, and the icon was in the dock (though, to be honest, I don't recall if I removed the old Xcode icon). When I clicked on the icon, it displayed a '?' indicating it couldn't find the app. I thought maybe it was the old Xcode icon, so when I went to look for the Developer folder, it wasn't there.
> >>
> >> The problem is, the App Store thinks Xcode is installed and won't let me initiate a new download or installation. I could try copying the "Developer" folder over from the Mac where it's correctly installed, but I assume that won't work as some items won't be present unless the installer itself is run.
> >
> > Rob,
> > I ran into exactly the same problem when I installed Xcode 4 on my Mac Pro. After hearing about all of the
> > upgrade issues, I thought I would be clever and ran 'sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all' first.
> > While the Xcode installer completed, it apparently didn't install any of the Xcode applications. Fortunately
> > simply reinstalling Xcode 4.0 restored all of the missing files. This should work for your.
> > Jack
> > ps You should still have the downloaded copy of the Install Xcode application in /Applications.
>
> Ahh! You're right, Jack. There is an Install Xcode app in Applications. I was wondering why that wasn't in my Dock like it was when I installed it on my first Mac, but I didn't think to look for it in Applications.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rob
Rob,
The ? icon was from the 'installed' Xcode from 4.0. Also, I noticed after using uninstall-devtools that the /Developer folder wasn't removed
or completely empty either. I believe the Xcode 4.0 gets confused by this and 'attempts' an upgrade install regardless. The fact that all of
the previous Xcode applications were already removed by uninstall-devtools seems to confound the Xcode installer.
Jack
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