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cregox
cregox

Reputation: 18390

Running Xcode Applications without installing Xcode

I know nothing about Xcode, except it's a Developer interface from Apple that actually comes on OSX CD and it's used to create iPhone apps as well.

I also know it have a Applications folder, filled with little utilities, that are indeed quite useful. I tried grabbing one of them and running, without installing Xcode but it doesn't work. It brings an error and a Problem Report from which I believe the relevant part is this:

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: @rpath/DevToolsInterface.framework/Versions/A/DevToolsInterface

I've tried, of course, locating that "framework", with no success.

Well...

I guess it's probably possible to install Xcode, get that utility source, if it exists somewhere, and compile for stand-alone. But that goes beyond my point.

I just want to know if there's somewhere I can get those utilities and/or make them run without needing to install Xcode at all.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1917

Answers (2)

Rob Keniger
Rob Keniger

Reputation: 46020

Most of the developer tools depend on several shared frameworks that are installed in /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks and /Developer/Library/Frameworks and several of the tools also depend on other files in the /Developer/Library folder.

The Apple developer tools are intended to be installed and used as a set.

Why not just install the developer tools? Is there a particular reason you don't want to do this? You can choose not to install the documentation and various other packages if you're worried about disk space.

Upvotes: 5

philsquared
philsquared

Reputation: 22493

As the linked superuser entry says, those tools (such as FileMerge) are part of the XCode developer tools suite. They're not depending XCode as an application - just that they are bundled as part of the dev tools set.

Since the dev tools are free, you can freely download and use them if you want (you don't need to use XCode itself).

Alternatively there are other file compare/ merge tools. My favourite for the Mac is Changes (also mentioned in the superuser entry).

Upvotes: 4

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