I have Xcode 4.6 installed on my mac with OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Now I want to install Xcode 5.1.1 and keep Xcode 4.6 installed.
Is this a good idea or would the old Xcode 4 interfere with the new version 5?
Xcode apps are now self-contained, meaning that the SDK and tools they carry are all hidden within their application package.
So you can install Xcode 4 and Xcode 5 side by side, as long as you make it clear to yourself which version is which (on my own machine, I keep my Xcode 4 in a "Xcode4" folder).
The only possible conflict I can imagine is that if you're using command line tools (to build open source stuff or use makefiles or whatever), you'll likely want to specify which compilers and tools get used, which you can do via the "xcode-select" tool. Using this requires "sudo" and admin access:
xcode-select: error: no command option given
Usage: xcode-select [options]
Print or change the path to the active developer directory. This directory
controls which tools are used for the Xcode command line tools (for example,
xcodebuild) as well as the BSD development commands (such as cc and make).
Options:
-h, --help print this help message and exit
-p, --print-path print the path of the active developer directory
-s <path>, --switch <path> set the path for the active developer directory
-v, --version print the xcode-select version
-r, --reset reset to the default command line tools path
I had lipo on my command-line - I think as a left-over from XCode 3.2. I removed that old version today and now my scripts using LIPO=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/lipo don't work!
Where can I find the location of Lipo now I'm using XCode 4/5? Will it be installed by default, or do I have to get an extra toolset from Apple? I noticed that XCode builds are still creating unified libs OK.
Apple moved the whole /Developer structure inside the app bundle. Everything that was in /Developer is now in Xcode.app/Contents/Developer.
The path to lipo would now be /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/lipo
You can use xcode-select to get the path to lipo of the current Xcode version (useful if you use beta versions, because you can use xcode-select to switch between release and beta version without changing your scripts):
LIPO=`xcode-select -p`/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/lipo
And if you install the Xcode Command Line Tools you will have a lipo in your system path (i.e. /usr/bin/lipo), so you don't need to create those path variables at all. The command line tools download should be available in the Downloads tab of Xcodes Preferences panel.
I need to use gdb.
ps-MacBook-Air:AcoustoExport pi$ gdb
-bash: gdb: command not found
ps-MacBook-Air:AcoustoExport pi$ sudo find / -iname "*gdb*"
Password:
/usr/local/share/gdb
/usr/local/Cellar/isl/0.12.1/share/gdb
:
and:
ps-MacBook-Air:AcoustoExport pi$ ls -la /usr/local/share/gdb
lrwxr-xr-x 1 pi admin 30 14 Jan 22:01 gdb -> ../Cellar/isl/0.12.1/share/gdb
Not quite sure what to make this, clearly it is something installed by homebrew. I don't know why it's there, I don't know whether I could use it instead. It isn't in the search path.
So I figure I need Xcode commandline tools.
Xcode is not currently available from the Software Update server
^ my current problem exactly. Comment on that question says "you can get this error if you have them already"
But how do I check whether I have them already?
/usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
will give you the xcode version, run it via Terminal command
This command allows you to retrieve Xcode version when having only the CommandLineTools version installed:
pkgutil --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables | grep version
As per this answer to "Determine xcode command line tools version" on Ask Different
Notes:
Confirmed working on maxOS Sierra and Big Sur.
When only CommandLineTools is install without Xcode, using xcodebuild returns the following error:
# /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
First of all, be sure that you have downloaded it or not. Open up your terminal application, and enter $ gcc if you have not installed it you will get an alert. You can verify that you have installed it by
$ xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
And to be sure then enter $ gcc --version
You can read more about the process here: Xcode command line tools for Mavericks
if you want to know the install version of Xcode as well as Swift
language current version:
Use below simple command by using Terminal:
1. To get install Xcode Version
xcodebuild -version
2. To get install Swift language Version
swift --version
Thanks to the folks on Freenode's #macdev, here is some information:
In the old days before Xcode was on the app-store, it included commandline tools.
Now you get it from the store, and with this new mechanism it can't install extra things outside of the Xcode.app, so you have to manually do it yourself, by:
xcode-select --install
On Xcode 4.x you can check to see if they are installed from within the Xcode
UI:
On Xcode 5.x it is now here:
My problem of finding gcc/gdb is that they have been superseded by clang/lldb: GDB missing in OS X v10.9 (Mavericks)
Also note that Xcode contains compiler and debugger, so one of the things installing commandline tools will do is symlink or modify $PATH. It also downloads certain things like git.
If for some reason xcode is not installed under
/usr/bin/xcodebuild
execute the following command
which xcodebuild
and if it is installed, you'll be prompted with it's location.
I had XCode Commandline Tools installed for sure, but not XCode itself.
None of the available answers to get the version worked. pkgutil didn't give me the package of the XCode Commandline Tools, with none of the suggested package names.
Not having XCode installed (and having no need for it), I could not look in settings dialogs of that either.
xcode-select --version only gave me the version of xcode-select itself, with no clue as to the commandline tools version.
softwareupdate --list told me everything was up to date.
However I knew that my version must be out of date as the installer for one of homebrew packages told me so!
How I finally found out what version of the XCode Commandline Tools is installed I stumbled upon the command:
softwareupdate --history
Which listed 12.3 as the last version it updated...
Display Name Version Date
------------ ------- ----
Safari 14.0 04/11/2020, 12:26:12
Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.1 04/11/2020, 22:38:33
Safari 14.0.2 15/12/2020, 16:38:27
Safari 14.0.1 15/12/2020, 16:38:27
Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.3 15/12/2020, 16:38:27
macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 14/02/2021, 20:57:56
macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 11.2.2 08/03/2021, 09:02:20
So when you know for sure the commandline tools are installed (because, for instance, xcode-select --install tells you so) but none of the other methods works, check softwareupdate --history!
You can open the Xcode app and go to preferences, the last line shows you if you have tools installed, which tools and lets you change them from the drop-down:
If you have installed Xcode but haven't set the Xcode version. then you will be getting this error. To resolve
Xcode-> preferences -> Locations -> command line Tools -> Select the Xcode version
TL;DR
One can have multiple installations of Xcode and multiple installations of Command Line Tools. This is where the system thinks your CLT are
xcode-select --print-path
Options to select Command Line Tools is in Xcode > Preferences > Locations, including the path for each. I found that brew complains about Xcode or Command Line Tools, and so following details how to install specific version of either.
brew doctor issues after upgrade MacOS
I have always used App store to install and update Xcode on my (2014) Macbook Pro but today after all updates brew doctor was still complaining about Xcode
Warning: Your Xcode (12.4) is outdated.
Please update to Xcode 13.2.1 (or delete it).
and complaining about Command Line Tools
Warning: A newer Command Line Tools release is available.
Get the specific version of Xcode
Download a specific version of Xcode as a xip from Developer.apple.com (I downloaded Xcode_13.2.1.xip)
Move Xcode_13.2.1.xip to /Applications
cd Applications
xip --expand /Applications/Xcode_13.2.1.xip
It takes a while to download, then a while longer to validate the application.
Open /Applications/Xcode.app
Check the CLT in XCode
Xcode> Preferences> Locations shows available CLT and the location (path) of each.
Select the appropriate Command Line Tools
Copy the path.
Go to Terminal and use the path in xcode-select
sudo xcode-select -s /Users/<username>/Applications/Xcode.app
Close Terminal and reopen.
The following was not specific enough:
pkgutil --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables | grep version
But this is good to identify the version
$ /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
Xcode 13.2.1
Build version 13C100
IF still showing an older version of CLT
Try
sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/
THEN try
Update to a specific version of CLT
First, remove the existing CLT with
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
Check which CLT updates available
softwareupdate --list
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-12.4
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 12.4, Size: 440392K,> Recommended: YES,
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.2
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 13.2, Size: 577329K,> Recommended: YES,
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-12.5
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 12.5, Size: 470966K,> Recommended: YES,
Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-12.5
Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 12.5, Size: 470820K,> Recommended: YES,
softwareupdate --install "Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.2"
Closed Terminal and reopen
/usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
Xcode 13.2.1
Build version 13C100
Output from:
$ xcode-select -p
/Users/<username>/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
And brew doctor shows
Your system is ready to brew.
For macOS catalina try this : open Xcode. if not existing. download from App store (about 11GB) then open Xcode>open developer tool>more developer tool and used my apple id to download a compatible command line tool. Then, after downloading, I opened Xcode>Preferences>Locations>Command Line Tool and selected the newly downloaded command line tool from downloads.
I have installed Xcode 5 on OS X Mavericks. I have a problem with the command-line tools (cc et al).
The version of cc in /usr/bin is outdated, so I’m not using it. The version of cc embedded deep within Xcode’s application bundle is current, so I’ve pasted the following code into my shell profile:
export PATH=`xcode-select -print-path`/usr/bin:`xcode-select -print-path`/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin:${PATH}
This worked under Xcode 4 on Mountain Lion. Now, however, while the compiler seems to run fine when invoked as cc, it won’t compile anything when I invoke it that way; it apparently cannot find system headers (e.g. stdio.h). When I invoke the compiler as xcrun cc, everything works just fine. Unfortunately, this requires me to patch the inputs for each and every build-automation program (such as make) before they will run properly.
The other problem is that I cannot find the command-line tools for download from ADC. As I upgraded from Mountain Lion, invoking /usr/bin/cc does not ask me if I want to download the tools; it just runs the (outdated) copy of cc from Xcode 4.
What is the difference between cc and xcrun cc, and is there anything I can do that will cause cc to work properly from the Terminal (or automated build tools)?
On OS X 10.9 Mavericks, run xcode-select --install to update the installed command line tools so they match the version inside of Xcode. This also installs header files into /usr/include and /System/Library and installs additional development libraries. This is a change from previous versions of OS X where the command line tools were either installed via Xcode.app itself or by an Xcode installer. It is still possible to download a standalone installer from the Apple Developer site but should normally no longer be necessary on 10.9.
I have no problems with cc (although you will get better results if you use clang instead of cc. I suggest that you remove the program, download it again, and install the command line tools with xcode-select --install
I've installed Xcode and I can compile .cpp files in Xcode. However, I wanna use g++ in Terminal but command not found: g++ now.
My OS is Mountain Lion Xcode version is 4.4.
You need to download and install the Command Line Tools for OSX Mountain Lion from Apple Developer (you'll need a Apple ID which is free to sign up for). This will install GCC (including g++) so you can build direct from Terminal
The exact package currently is Command Line Tools (OS X Mountain Lion) for Xcode - September 2012
Description about the package from Apple:
This package enables UNIX-style development via Terminal by installing command line developer tools, as well as Mac OS X SDK frameworks and headers. Many useful tools are included, such as the Apple LLVM compiler, linker, and Make. If you use Xcode, these tools are also embedded within the Xcode IDE, and can be installed on your system using the Downloads preferences pane within Xcode 4.5.
Note that when you run "g++" with Xcode 4.5 installed, you're picking up llvm-g++-4.2 (based on gcc 4.2.1) -- a provided, but no longer supported compiler on the platform. I'd strongly recommend using clang++ instead, the actively supported/developed compiler on the platform.