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Heath Borders
Heath Borders

Reputation: 32117

How do I specify an installation location for Xcode 4.1 from the Mac App Store?

I just installed Lion, and downloaded Xcode 4.1 from the Mac App Store. I like having my Xcodes installed in /Developer directories that have their Xcode versions appended (e.g. /Developer-xcode3.2.6). Downloading Xcode 4.1 from the Mac App Store just gives me an installer app, which does not allow me to specify an installation location, as Xcode installers did in the past. When I ran the installer, it asked me to move old Xcode 3 installs out of /Developer, so is just renaming the /Developer directory sufficient? Will that break stuff?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3835

Answers (2)

Heath Borders
Heath Borders

Reputation: 32117

Locate the 'Xcode Install' package. Show package contents. Inside the Resources folder you will find Xcode.mpkg. Install as usual.

Upvotes: 4

teriiehina
teriiehina

Reputation: 4761

renaming the folder should be enough but, yes, it may break stuff if you continue to use xcode 3. “it may” because you will still have a “/Developer” folder which will contain tools xcode use. if they (the tools) don't change too much between xc3 & 4, you shouldn't have any problem.

but stick with xcode4 and you won't have any problem at all.

Upvotes: 1

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