Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd Parsons Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Safe to remove Xcode? Date: 22 Mar 2016 18:28:49 GMT Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net euS8gVtZnDytjx7Vib958AqzGEMG3NtD23FB2UvmjhgFowV4Ll Cancel-Lock: sha1:07cURzkGLaQSpez/u2j10rsj8ds= User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:34894 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