How to Install Xcode Command Line Tools from a Command Prompt. Apple has made it easy to install Xcode Command Line Tools because certain commands will prompt you to begin installation. Here are examples of commands that will trigger a prompt to install Xcode Command Line Tools: clang – a compiler that turns source code into an executable. By installing the Developer command line tools you’ll get the macOS SDK, headers, and build tools such as the Apple LLVM compiler and Make. As a developer for Mac OS X and iOS applications, these tools make it easy to install open source software or develop applications on UNIX within Terminal. The above command 'shows you' to Apple as a developer, and software update may offer you the Catalina installer. Might we worth a try. Be aware that the VERSION of Catalina you may be offered is currently the 10.15.2 beta. But if that's what you need 'to get you to where you want to be', it is what it is. Install Command Line Tools on macOS Catalina macOS Catalina Before we get right to how to install command line tools on macOS, let us look at what macOS Catalina is all about. Apple just made available a major release of its macOS codenamed macOS Catalina (version 10.15). MacOS Catalina is the sixteenth release of Apple’s desktop operating.
You can download the Xcode command-line tools in either of two ways:
To install the necessary Xcode tools using Xcode on the Mac:
- Start Xcode on the Mac.
- Choose Preferences from the Xcode menu.
- In the General panel, click Downloads.
- On the Downloads window, choose the Components tab.
- Click the Install button next to Command Line Tools.
- You are asked for your Apple Developer login during the install process.
To install the necessary Xcode tools from the Web:
You can download the Xcode command line tools directly from the developer portal as a .dmg file.
Catalina Install Command Line Tools Download
- On the Mac, go to https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action
- You are asked for your Apple Developer login during the install process.
- On the 'Downloads for Apple Developers' list, select the Command Line Tools entry that you want.