Failed to install command line tools on OSX Mavericks

Question

I tried to install the command line tools on Mavericks following the steps in this very useful post

> xcode-select --install

but after a

Answer 1

I spent the day trying to solve this problem. I believe the error messages are just confused about installing Xcode. The real problem I had was a need to update gcc compiler. This happened to me because I skipped Mountain Lion, where that occurred. This blog post was very helpful.