What is the easiest way to update Xcode on OSX?
I see this in the terminal:
$ brew install xxxxxxx
Warning: Your Xcode (4.3.3) is outdated
Please ins
Another best way to update and upgrade OSX development tools using command line is as follows:
Open terminal on OSX and type below commands. Try 'sudo' as prefix if you don't have admin privileges.
brew update
and for upgrading outdated tools and libraries use below command
brew upgrade
These will update all packages like node, rethinkDB and much more.
Also, softwareupdate --install --all
this command also work best.
Important: Remove all outdated packages and free some space using the simple command.
brew cleanup
softwareupdate --list
see the list of outdated software.
softwareupdate --install --all
update all outdated software.
softwareupdate --install <product name>
update the software you named.
I used the Command_Line_Tools_OS_X_10.XX_for_Xcode_7.2.dmg
and therefore had to download the latest version from here.
You can try mas-cli
(Mac Apple Store cli). Github project here
It would be
$ brew install mas
$ mas list
$ mas search Xcode
$ mas install <id>
$ mas upgrade <id>
upd:
Had issues installing Xcode 12.2 in Big Sur. Solved them by entering into the App Store from the devs link.
https://developer.apple.com/download/release/
If attempting to download via the App Store leaves you with a little grey spinner and nothing actually happening, then you can go to :
log in with your Apple Developer ID, and the latest Xcode should be available as a .zip download.
You DO NOT need to upgrade Xcode.
Just open the file /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/diagnostic.rb
,
then remove this line check_xcode_minimum_version
in the following function.
def fatal_build_from_source_checks
%w[
check_xcode_license_approved
check_xcode_minimum_version //<-- this one
check_clt_minimum_version
check_if_xcode_needs_clt_installed
].freeze
end
Then brew install
should works fine.