You can browse through that directory if you want to, or you can just have awareness of it just in case you want to modify or adjust any of the package at a later time. Enjoy your new unix command line toolkit! What Installs with Command Line Tools and Whereįor those interested in knowing the details of what is installed on their Mac and where it’s going, the entire command line toolkit package gets placed in the following directory:
This also means you can compile and install things from source code directly without having to use a package manager. Assuming the installation went uninterrupted, the command will execute as expected. The installer goes away on its own when complete, and you can then confirm everything is working by trying to use one of the commands that were just installed, like gcc, git, svn, rebase, make, ld, otool, nm, whatever you want from the list below.
Installing Command Line Tools in Mac OS X Mac users running prior versions of Mac OS X can continue to directly install Command Line Tools and gcc (without Xcode) through a package installer available through the Apple Developer website as described here. If you’ve completed all the above steps then you’re all set for your course.This guide is geared towards MacOS Monterey 12, macOS Big Sur 11, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave 10.14.x, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.12 Sierra, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, and Mac OS X 10.9, and newer releases. Follow our instructions above and you should have no problems.
Please DO NOT install a beta version of Xcode as it will impact the installation of your apps on to a physical device.
If you are trying to update to macOS Catalina but can’t, it might be because you have an outdated computer.
You can update your OS through the Mac App Store for free or check out Apple’s website for more details. Go back to Step 0 and check to make sure you have upgraded to macOS Catalina as your operating system before you attempt to install Xcode. Xcode 11 can only be installed on a Mac running macOS Mojave (10.14.4 or above) or macOS Catalina (10.15 or above).