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iOS How upgrade Xcode + iOS SDK?

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melodosgr

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Feb 25, 2010
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Hello everyone.

I was quite astonished that there is not enough consolidation to Xcode in order to allow an update feauture which will get me from Xcode 3.2.2 to 3.2.4 + iOS sdk 4.1 from 3.x.x

Can someone tell me how to get through the upgrade session? I wish to delete all the prior xcode 3.2.2 folders on my mac as i'm running on low disk space but i thought that the 4.1 replaces the old files which is apparently not? I'm really confused..

Should i delete all the files in the developer folder??

Thanks :confused:
 
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Comrade Yeti

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Nov 3, 2010
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sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

<Xcode> is your SDK install directory (normally /Developer).

Then install the new version.
 
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melodosgr

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Feb 25, 2010
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Comrade Yeti said:
sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

<Xcode> is your SDK install directory (normally /Developer).

Then install the new version.
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Thanks, thats what i did. Hopefully Apple will implement an update feature within xcode. I would also like to see a more integrated environment like all the other IDEs and not separated tools: (Interface Builder, Xcode, Iphone Simulator).
 
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cnstoll

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Aug 29, 2010
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Just out of curiosity, is there anything wrong with just installing a new version (say 3.2.5...) over the current version without first uninstalling it?

I've been wondering the same thing, and it's part of why I haven't installed the new version to test 4.2 features yet.

On the same token, if you do install 3.2.5 beta will you still be able to compile for iOS 4.1 at all? Or does that get replaced by 4.2?
 
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dejo

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Sep 2, 2004
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cnstoll said:
Just out of curiosity, is there anything wrong with just installing a new version (say 3.2.5...) over the current version without first uninstalling it?
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I've done it a ton of times and never had any issues. But I always keep betas separate from production versions.

cnstoll said:
On the same token, if you do install 3.2.5 beta will you still be able to compile for iOS 4.1 at all? Or does that get replaced by 4.2?
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You can't set your Base SDK to 4.1 but you can still set your "iOS Deployment Target" to as far back as 3.0.

Anyways, Apple recommends that you install betas in a separate directory. You are usually not allowed to submit apps compiled with the beta SDK.
 
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firewood

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Jul 29, 2003
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I just rename the /Developer directory to /Developer_(old_version_number) and install the latest release in /Developer and the latest beta in /Developer_beta.
 
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silverhand31

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Oct 29, 2011
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sorry about digging grave :D
I just notice that there are a new update to Xcode 4.2 -> 4.2.1.
So the apple want me to download the whole install file again(~2g).
Is it always like this, can I personal update by using patch?
I
 
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