Hello, I’m a computer science student. I’ve a macbook air, and I’m short on space, so I want to know if it is necessary to install the xcode along with the command line tool or if I can install them separately? Because I don’t need the Xcode as of now. Please help me with this.
I have installed the cli tools when I tried to run something in the past. I can’t remember exactly what I was doing but it asked me to install them.
Apple has a full page on their developer site about installing the tools via cli. It looks like it just installs the cli portion of Xcode.
As far as I’m aware I only have the cli tools installed, not the full Xcode package.
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Scroll to commandline tools and download. You will need a dev license.
Try here: https://xcodereleases.com/
You might also want to check out MacPorts (https://www.macports.org/). They provide many useful tools for working on a Mac. I use the gcc compiler suite from there for everything I do. The MacPorts wiki has several useful discussions of working with the CLI toolkit.
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I use Homebrew instead.
They list thee options to install the Command Line Tools (CLT) for Xcode:
- via
xcode-select --install - Xcode from Apple Developer site
- Xcode from App Store
These options have all been suggested here above, so I hope the OP succeeded by now.
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Hey, this is good, but I’m facing a problem while deleting the installed xcode app. I have deleted the app but that much space has not been vacated.
You can use the devcleaner app to delete it completely, it is freely available on the app store, you can download it from there.
Thank you for your suggestion, but I have already uninstalled it using the terminal, with the help of steps mentioned here, but I highly appreciate your efforts for helping me. That is why I love this community.