Question

Is it safe to completely uninstall previous version of XCode and Install the XCode 4.5? because...

I just uninstalled XCode 4.2, and it mostly removed all the files in the Developer Folder, now I installed the 4.5, but it scares me since there is nothing in the Developer Folder. Would XCode still be working even if that's the case? Thanks

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Solution

Xcode 4.4+ was designed to be installed via the App Store and now stores everything in the Xcode.app bundle in your /Applications directory.

Make sure you use xcode-select to select the new path for your Xcode installation, and you install the command line tools from within Xcode 4.5.

From the Xcode 4.5 release notes:

Starting in Xcode 4.3, the Xcode.app file package contains all the Xcode developer tools. The man pages for the command-line tools Xcode uses are also placed in this package.

OTHER TIPS

yes It's totally safe to completely uninstall the previous Xcode and install new Xcode4.5. I have done it and all works fine for me.

Just have to install the command line tools after installing the Xcode4.5 from it's preference just as show in below image :)

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