#40982: Is XCode really needed? Isn't XCode Command Line Tools sufficient? ---------------------------+-------------------- Reporter: Per.Mildner@… | Owner: jmpp@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: website | Version: 2.2.1 Keywords: | Port: ---------------------------+-------------------- The install documentation, http://www.macports.org/install.php, item 1 says that XCode is needed. Item 2 says that the XCode Command Line tools are needed. Is it really true that XCode itself is needed if the Command Line Tools are installed? XCode itself is a huge install and, on OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the command line tools are easy to install (e.g. xcode-select --install or via cc --version) without even registering at developer.apple.com. For this reason it would be a good thing to remove XCode from the prerequisites if it is not really needed. (Related: On OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the easiest way to install the command line tools is xcode-select --install, not by downloading them from developer.apple.com as the install guide suggests.) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40982> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X