Re: Safe to remove Xcode?

From	Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Safe to remove Xcode?
Date	2016-03-22 18:28 +0000
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:25:21 -0400, Alan Browne wrote:

> On 2016-03-22 13:47, Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:27:26 -0400, Alan Browne wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-03-22 12:18, Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>>>> OK, got pan up and running.  So can I just delete the Xcode package
>>>> and still have pan working?
>>>>
>>>> If so, is it just a drag 'n drop in the trash deletion?
>>>
>>> Yes, but (see below)
>>>
>>>> Reason I ask is that this latest round of updates also included Xcode
>>>> update.  And that is taking forever.  I don't need Xcode because I
>>>> have no need to make another app.  To give you an idea of how long it
>>>> is taking to update, it has been saying '4 minutes left' for the last
>>>> 30 minutes but the indicator has moved a miniscule amount so I know
>>>> it is still working.
>>>
>>>
>>> I just removed (20 minutes ago) XCode (using AppCleaner) rather than
>>> do the XCode update that comes with 10.11.4.  I did download the
>>> command line tools.
>>>
>>> Updated the system (App Store) and re-started.  10.11.4 seems fine and
>>> my compilers still work ...
>>
>> I got rid of Xcode except for the command line tools.  But oddly the
>> update to them just won't install on my machine.  Tried a few reboots,
>> app store install, starts to install and then quits to showing update
>> again.
> 
> You may need to install and authorize CL tools from an admin account,
> though I had no such issues.  Note that I removed XCode before updating
> to 10.11.4; and I updated the CL tools at the same time as the OS
> update.
> 
I got what I needed, pan, and have no other needs from the open source 
world so I doubt the issue will ever come up again.

And if I feel the urge to play Linux I can just crank up the Chromebook 
Pixel and run it there.  :)




-- 
Lloyd

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Safe to remove Xcode? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 11:18 -0500
  Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-03-22 12:27 -0400
    Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 11:29 -0500
    Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 17:47 +0000
      Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-03-22 14:25 -0400
        Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 18:28 +0000
      Re: Safe to remove Xcode? android <here@there.was> - 2016-03-24 07:47 +0100
        Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 17:08 -0500
  Re: Safe to remove Xcode? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-22 12:30 -0400
    Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 11:44 -0500
  Re: Safe to remove Xcode? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-03-23 14:06 -0500
    Re: Safe to remove Xcode? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-03-23 17:28 -0500
      Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 18:11 -0500
        Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-03-23 19:13 -0400

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