Xcode on Mac App Store can't install , show disk space not enough

Question

I\'m using the Mac OS to install the XCode10.1.

I have 18.43GB free disk space in the mac,

but when I click the install button on the Xcode from the app store,<

Answer 1

Same thing here, tried most of the above. 107 gigs of space free, but not enough to install.

So I downloaded Xcode from Apple directly (https://developer.apple.com/download/more/) and copied the .xip file to an external driven with lots of space.

I was then able to do this:

cd /Applications
xip -x "/Volumes/Blue 2T/Xcode_11.3.xip"

Don't forget to get rid of the xip file when you're done.

Answer 2

1. Open finder: in menu above go to -> Go to folder:

   ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/

2. Delete old simulator files on:

   ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport/

3. Delete all files derived data on:

   ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData

An easy way to accomplish these is by using DevCleaner for Xcode: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/devcleaner/id1388020431?mt=12

Answer 3

the problem with time machine! please remove old snapshoots

sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-25-135035
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-28-232824
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-012547
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-022054
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-031621
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-052318
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-070831
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-092229
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-101756
com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-09-29-114952

tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2019-09-25-135035
tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2019-09-28-232824

etc

Answer 4

Additionally, Check the previous Xcode consumed storage through OmniDiskSweeper and delete unnecessary data and simulators that will free up too much size.

Answer 5

What you can also do is manually download Xcode and install it. (Without using the app store update) Therefor do the following steps:

1. go to https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
2. search for Xcode (or latest version e.g Xcode 10.2) and manually download and install it.

See also this post here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8622103?answerId=250008933022#250008933022

Answer 6

For my case: I already have xcode 10.1 in my MBP.

1. Delete directory ~/Library/Caches/storedownloadd and storeassetd directory in the same dir.
2. Reopen the app store and go for the upgrade page.
3. Download the xcode 10.2 from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
4. Somehow the app store will automatically install the xcode 10.2 right after download is finished.

Done.