GCC without Xcode on OS X

Question

I\'ve just unwrapped my new MacBook Pro (yay!) and am now setting it up properly for development. Since I want to avoid clutter, I\'m wondering if I really need to

Answer 1

First of all, congratulations on the new MBP. I recently bought a 15" unibody myself. =)

You can safely skip Xcode installation, and you can install almost everything Xcode installs through MacPorts, except Xcode itself, of course.

However, I believe you'll find yourself installing Xcode one day anyway, and installing Xcode is much easier than installing all the tools (especially GCC) through MacPorts.