Re: Proper way to uninstall Xcode 3
Re: Proper way to uninstall Xcode 3
- Subject: Re: Proper way to uninstall Xcode 3
- From: John Tsombakos <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:18:52 -0400
Awesome, thanks. Just what I was looking for. I'll give it a try when
I get home later on.
Thanks again.
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Fritz Anderson <email@hidden> wrote:
> Use uninstall-devtools (with sudo, from a directory outside the developer directory that you're targeting). Then trash the now-depleted developer directory. uninstall-devtools calls uninstall-developer-folder. --mode=all is the default. The uninstall* scripts walk every installation back to the beginning of time; fight the madness of trying to do it yourself.
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> Xcode 4 itself doesn't require any tools in /usr/bin; those are for command-line builds. It maintains its own copy of the tools inside the Xcode.app package.
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> I haven't experienced the missing-tools problem you mention, but here is what I'd try:
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> In the Preferences window, Downloads pane, Components tab, try installing the command-line tools.
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> If Xcode is confused, select Open Developer Tool > More Developer Tools… from the Xcode menu. You'll be taken to an Apple downloads page from which you can download an installer package for the command-line tools. You'll need to sign in, but I think the free developer registration should be good enough. Run that, and you should be back in business.
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> — F
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