Can I trash the Developer folder?

HD/Developer
Can I trash this folder to free up space?
Will that affect running X11?
Thanks ... Ken

Hi sgginc
You will need to run the Developer tools uninstaller.
Here is the info from the developer documentation on my install disk:
Note: the Xcode directory in your case is /Developer
Uninstalling Xcode 3.0 Developer Tools
To uninstall Xcode developer tools on the boot volume along with the Xcode directory, from a Terminal
window type:
$ sudo <Xcode directory>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
If you just want to remove the underlying developer content on the boot volume, but leave the Xcode
directory untouched, from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode directory>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=systemsupport
If you just want to just remove the UNIX development support on the boot volume, but leave the Xcode
directory and it's supporting files untouched, from a Terminal window type:
$ sudo <Xcode directory>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=unixdev
Finally, to just uninstall the Xcode directory you can simply drag it to the trash, or from a Terminal window
type:
$ sudo <Xcode directory>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=xcodedir
NOTE: The uninstaller that ships with previous versions of the Xcode developer tools will not clean
everything off of your system properly. You should either use the one provided on the Mac OS X v10.5
(Leopard) DVD, or you should use the one installed when you installed the Xcode 3.0 developer tools.
Hope this helps
J.C
Message was edited by: J.C

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