[R-SIG-Mac] Which command line tools for XCode 4.2.1

cstrato cstrato at aon.at
Tue Apr 16 21:17:59 CEST 2013


Sorry, it seems that I have used another thread by mistake, Christian

On 4/16/13 9:13 PM, cstrato wrote:
> Dear Simon,
>
> On your developer site you mention:
> "We use Xcode 4.2 but Xcode 3.2 and higher should work as well. Note
> that you will need Command Line Tools component of Xcode on Mac OS X
> 10.7 or higher."
>
> I am running OS X 10.7.5 and XCode 4.2.1 on my Mac, but have not
> downloaded the command line tools. My questions are:
>
> - why do I need the command line tools?
>
> - which version do I need to download from:
> https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action
>
> There are e.g.
>    - Command Line Tools (OS X Lion) for Xcode - October 2012
>      (it is not mentioned which version of Xcode)
>    - Command Line Tools (OS X Lion) for Xcode - November 2012
>      (Xcode 4.3 is mentioned but it is nor clear if it works with 4.2.1)
>    - Command Line Tools (OS X Lion) for Xcode - April 2013
>      (Xcode 4.6.2 is mentioned but it is nor clear if it works with 4.2.1)
>
>    (BTW, the Preferences for Xcode 4.2.1 do not list Command Line Tools
> in the Install window.)
>
> - do the Command Line Tools update clang/clang++?
>
> The reason for my question is that in order to compile the C++ code in
> my package with clang I need at least version 3.1 since 3.0 results in
> an error.
>
> Best regards,
> Christian



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