Re: /Applications (Was Re: XCode 4 Questions)
"William H. Magill" <[email protected]>
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On Mar 13, 2011, at 3:16 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On Mar 12, 2011, at 14:46, Lawrence Sica <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Like XCode 3, you can install it in its own directory. But it installs a new unix toolchain and you can only have one of those installed IIRC from the release notes >> >> They moved it to /Applications. The toolchain is the latest but includes gcc and llvm now. > > Is anyone else concerned with the new over-reliance on /Applications? I was rather annoyed to find that the App Store would not let you specify ~/Applications as its download target, and now some of the developer things like XCode and unnamed others are also being dropped in /Applications where, to my mind, they have no business being. > > I'm getting tired of manually having to manage every App Store download. X-code used to install by default into /developer/applications. One wonders if somebody blew the installation script. Hmm... I wonder if my old "non-paid" developer status lets me down load Xcode 4? ... nope... developer.apple.com still recognizes my login, but tells me I'm not part of the "Developer Programs." :( T.T.F.N. William H. Magill # iMac6,1 Core 2 Duo [2.16GHz - 3 GB 667] OS X 10.6.6 # MacBook Pro4.1 Core 2 Duo [2.5GHz - 4GB 667] OS X 10.6.6 # Mac mini Core Duo [1.66 Ghz - 2 GB 667]OS X 10.6.6 # Flat-panel iMac (2.1) [800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg] OS X 10.4.11 # PWS433a [Alpha 21164 Rev 7.2 (EV56)- 64 Meg] Tru64 5.1a # XP1000 [Alpha 21264-3 (EV6) - 256 meg] FreeBSD 5.3 # XP1000 [Alpha 21264-A (EV6-7) - 256 meg] FreeBSD 5.3 magill-VoumxahvF8u6IP71edu0vdi2O/[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]