Get GCC with XCode Tools

10 November 2005

Mac OS X is shipped in a stripped down form so pretty young girls who bought a Mac because it was 'cool looking' do not get their knickers in a twist. To unleash the potential of Mac OS X to be a grown up Unix-like system, you need to install the so-called 'developer Tools', though they are really for all adult users.

Apple's brand-name for the 'developer tools' is 'XCode Tools', it is GCC and a few other bits and bobs. To install it is a simple matter, you simply install the package on your OS X 10.4 DVD. I'm led to believe the CD version of Mac OS X 10.4 has a dedicated CD called 'X-Code Tools', but I have never actually seen a CD version of 10.4 with my own eyes.

If you have lost the DVD already then you can download X-code tools from Apple's website. Although you must sign-in to be able to to get the file.

Put your DVD in the drive and open the Mac OS X Install DVD. Click on the Xcode Tools icon, the screenshot below shows what it looks like on my screen:

Next you will see that there is a PDF for you to read, a couple of folders and a file called XcodeTools.mpkg, see the picture below:

Double click on the icon and the Xcode Tools Installer opens. Press the continue button and keep reading the instructions and pressing the button, child's play really.

Now you have GCC on your machine, you can have a go at installing software for the command line. You can also use much of the software written for the GNU/Linux/BSD world, a big plus for any Mac user, even the pretty young girls who want cool laptops.

1 crystalsinger says...

You've got a great series of posts here - such a pity to spoil it with typical macho bullshit about girls being wooed by pretty graphics and having no clue about the technical side of things.

I've managed Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris servers for years - almost always CLI but occasionally using X. At work and at home I've mostly used Windows of various versions on the desktop, although have played around with RedHat, Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD at various times.

I've just bought a MacBook to replace my old, recently-dead Wintel laptop. The timing was convenient - the MacBooks had finally gotten past v1.0 on Intel (because, you know, never use 1.x of ~any~ hardware, and no more bad CPU heat issues), Bootcamp is looking stable (so I can boot to Windows when I need to for work), etc., etc.

I like to avoid the OS religious wars, and simply use the right tool for the job at hand. The fact that Macs are shiny is just an added bonus. :-)

Perhaps next time you can find another way to slang off at novice users, and leave the gender stereotyping in kindergarten? Thanks pet. :-P

Posted at 10:02 a.m. on April 30, 2007

2 girls dont code says...

jesus christ woman. im sorry but ive been a developer for 15 years from 6502 Assembly through to php, SQL, etc,. Right, and beliieeeeeve me girls just DO NOT code. it is just NOT a thing that they do. dont ask me why, i dont know, im a guy. i would LOVE to find a girl who has any kind interest or abillity in prgamming but have yet to do so. PLEASE point out some female coders that are any good!!!

Posted at 5:35 p.m. on August 10, 2007

3 jessta says...

Girls do code. eg. I'm currently doing computer science and there are probably 10 women in my year. It's a small percentage(5%) but they are there, I had dinner with one a few days ago.

Female geeks are hot.

Posted at 1:52 a.m. on August 11, 2007

4 Emma says...

Well I'm a girl and I got a Mac when I was 15 because I thought it looked cool. However I've been coding since I was 12.

I seem to fall in both categories.

Posted at 10:36 p.m. on July 29, 2009

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