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

Try to install the command line tools following Error Message "Xcode alone is not sufficient on Sierra"

brew seems checks if the command line tools installed in this path:

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools My case is: I tried to install brew on my new mac. After I installed Xcode, there was nothing in the above path but the command line tools were somehow installed to another location. (xcode-select -p tell me it was /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer) The way in stackoverflow can install the command line tools to

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools Now I got brew working. But I am not sure if it is the best solution as there should be two copies of command line tools on my machine using this method.

Answer 2

Install them from here. You must be a registered developer.

Other solution is: in xcode click Xcode>Open Developer Tool>More Developer Tools

This should then take you to a link which will require a developer Apple ID sign in. From there, you'll be redirected after authenticating to https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ where you can manually download and install the Command Line Tools.