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Apple Releases Xcode 4.1.1 Via Mac App Store to Address Installation Alert Issue
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Now that I have installed Xcode 4.1.1 (without a problem I might add), what should I do with Install Xcode which is now residing in my Applications folder?
I am still unable to install Xcode and I am not the only one; a topic is running on the Apple forums.
It looks like Xcode does not install on a fresh (not upgrade) Lion installation. I have downloaded Xcode 3 times now and every time I am getting the same error in /var/log/install.log
I have a new MacBook Air with pre-installed Lion. Was able to install 4.1 by quitting iTunesHelper in Activity Monitor, and the Mac App Store just successfully installed the 4.1.1 update.
I did check for that process, but it isn't there. There must be something else wrong here. Other people with this problem all did an installation of Lion on a pre-Lion mac so you might not be affected.
You "can" delete it, but it would cause the app store to not register Xcode as installed (last I checked anyway), and you won't receive update notifications, and will have to redownload the entire thing when an update does come out.. I'd first move it from the folder and see if its installation status does indeed change. If you want update notifications, and don't want to have to redownload the entire thing, then I'd leave it in the applications folder.
I too noticed that Xcode doesn't show as installed in the MAS after i deleted the 3GB space hogging installer from my Applications folder.
So i installed Xcode again but grabbed the app from the cache and then stripped out all the packages. now its just a 540KB app which you can put in the Applications folder and Xcode will show as installed
Weird, I absolutely tried a few times, checked for ituneshelper every time. Maybe I'll try it again today :-(
Yes to be able to put apps into the appstore you have to be a member of developer-program. MacDev for MacAppStore and iOSDev for iOSStore.
Wait, Activity Monitor?! I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been using kill, killall, and other command-line friends for the six or so years I've been using OS X, until very recently.
Wait, Activity Monitor?! I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been using kill, killall, and other command-line friends for the six or so years I've been using OS X, until very recently.
It often ends up being faster to just use command-line utilities, rather than navigate a GUI. It's one of the great things about Mac OS X (and Unix in general) in my opinion. I wouldn't be so quick to dump them if I were you.
It's free on Lion at least. $5 (on snow leopard) isn't a whole lot to ask from people for tools that will most likely make them far more than that, hell, Apple could charge far more than that and it would still sell. It's a steal at $5.
Yes, the original is a fundamental part of the optimization:
delta updates are smaller because they only need to contain the differences (delta means difference in this context). To end up with a working installer, you need the original + delta.
This may be a stupid question, but is there a way to direct where Xcode installs? I have a previous version on my SSD boot drive which is only 48 gigs and I might have to put it on my HDD if it's actually 3+ GB, but I keep getting error messages before even allowing me to direct it anywhere ...