How to remove the OSX-GCC-Installer?

Question

Just a couple of days ago I discovered and used Kenneth Reitz's OSX-GCC-Installer to solve the issue of installing Ruby 1.9.3 via RVM on my Mac.

Today I read on Kenneth's blog about the Command Line Tools for Xcode package that Apple added to their official developer tools suite just yesterday for Lion users.

I try to keep the number of installed packages to a minimum, so given this alternative, what's the safe way to remove what was added by the OSX-GCC-Installer?

Dona

Have you tried running the uninstall script in /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all and then installing the official package? – Bezonian

Answer 1

According to the creator of the package, you can install Xcode on top of it since it is just a subset. Then you can use the uninstall command to completely remove:

sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

Definitely not a quick uninstall, but it should work.

Ody

So this will uninstall both xcode and the command line tools? After this we need to install xcode again along with the command line tools? – Kerrykersey

it was sudo /Library/Developer/4.1/uninstall-devtools --mode=all on my system 10.8.4 – Boesch

Answer 2

Just an update for anyone coming across this now.

If you download Xcode 4.3 or later (in order to install over OSX-GCC to facilitate removal) it is bundled as a single app, so to uninstall, delete the Xcode app rather than using the command mentioned in the accepted answer.

Siobhansion

Answer 3

From https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/uninstalling-osxgccinstaller:

sudo /Library/Developer/4.1/uninstall-devtools -mode=all

Zoonosis

Answer 4

This doesn't work with Xcode 5.x. You'd need to follow the answer snacks has given, or you could also remove the /Developer directory with this simple command:

sudo rm -rf /Developer

Problem gone. The only issue I have with the original OSX-gcc uninstaller, is they never created a proper uninstaller to begin with. I was using Pacifist to have a look at the bundled components with the installer, and was trying to figure a way to remove it completely. I might pick this back up sometime again soon and finish it off.

Coplanar

Since XCode 4.3 there is no longer a /Developer folder. – Goodwill