Installed Xcode but no Developer folder

I'm trying to access the Developer folder that's usually installed as part of the Developer Tools. I thought Apple had consolidated everything into the Xcode download on the Mac App Store, but even after installing Xcode there isn't any Developer folder in my root hard drive directory. How can I get these other Developer Tools?

Every thing you need is enclosed inside the Xcode folder (the one masquerading as an application). To get to the tools, you need to run Xcode and install all available documentation and downloads via the preferences window. Read the info at the Mac App Store.

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Installed Xcode but can't find /developer directory

I am a novice developer this might be a stupid question but I need help installing excode so I can eventually install dashcode. I'm using iMac 10.7.3 and installed xcode4.3.1 from app store. But I can't find any /developer directory. There is nothing in the 'application' folder that says "install xcode." How do I continue with the installation after downloading excode to my computer? (which I believe I did.)

I realize now. Dashcode is now a separate application. Problem solved. Thanks.

Hi- I'm trying to install xcode 2.5. Idon't know what to do w/.exe file downloaded from the apple developer website

Hi- I'm trying to install xcode 2.5. Idon't know what to do w/.exe file downloaded from the apple developer website.
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App Store says Xcode is installed but it isn't, so I can't install XCode

What can I say. I tried to install XCode but it did not finish. Now the App Store thinks XCode is installed. I need XCode for MacPorts to work. Does anyone know how I can tell the App Store XCode is not installed?

"Me too"
Yet another individual in the same boat. ***, Apple?! Why must getting software be so obscure & complicated? What happened to: go to website, download thing, install thing?
I had Xcode 4.1 installed. Wanted to install (yet another) package with MacPorts, but got complaint that Xcode 4.1 is inadequate.
So I go to App Store & tell it to install current Xcode…This, BTW, left me with nearly zero feedback that something was going on. Only because I have a menubar widget showing network bandwidth did I know it was downloading.
while waiting (who knows how long it was to be), I had to sleep my computer to take it with me to work.
Upon waking my computer, App Store tells me Xcode is installed. Great!
Back to MacPorts to install that package: it tells me that Xcode 4.1 is too old. ***!?
Then things get messy & I end up clicking on the circle-X "button" next to XCode in the "Purchases" section of App Store, thinking that'll allow me to install it…that's a dead end
I then try entirely removing "/Developer" & "/Applications/Install Xcode.app"another dead end
Trying all combinations of holding any/all keyboard modifiers (option/control/shift/command) while clicking on "Purchases" in App Store did nothing different than not holding any.
Now I'm left with no Xcode & no way to install it with App Storewhee! this is a fine pit I find myself in now.
What a lovely user experience! Please, may I have more?! <grumble> <fume>
In the end, I did resort to my "what happened to…" thought.
Problem Solved:
Go to http://connect.apple.com/ & login with your (free) dev account.
Locate the current version of Xcode (4.3.2 for Lion) & download the dmg
Install like a normal person. (copy the Xcode.app from the mounted disk image to Applications)
After a bit of cleanup (things like "/usr/bin/xcodebuild -version" were trying to access things that used to exist), I've again got a working install of Xcode.

What is 'install Xcode' vs. xcode for leopard dmg?

I just downloaded and installed xcode 4.1 for Snow Leopard.
I noticed that I have "Install Xcode" in my Application folder (4.66gb),
in addition to the downloaded 4.1 dmg and 3.2.2 dmg and 3.2.5 dmg files.
What is "Install xcode" ?
I thought the dmg files are the installation packages - why do I need "Install xcode" ?
Thanks!

So let me be clear:
"install xcode" in the Applications folder is the same as the installer dmg files?
Which would mean that I could delete any/all of them (after installing the version I need) with no loss?
Now you're it!

Xcode installed but no developer file ...

I have Xcode 4.3.2 installed but no developer file in Macintosh HD so I can't access to applications such as iOS Simulator, Quartz etc
How can i fix it ?

Certain 'tools' are now in the main Xcode menu..some are added via prefs and IB has been built-in since XC moved to v4.x
See:
Xcode 4 User Guide ; Xcode Basics Help ; Xcode 4 Transition Guide ; Xcode Release Notes

Uninstalling Xcode 3.0: Is trashing the developer folder sufficient?

Hi. I'm not a developer. The only reason I attempted to install Xcode 3.0 was to tinker with the performance and diagnostic tools. Now I am ready to uninstall it. I've have uninstalled it once, using the provided script. It seemed to have cleaned out everything, (the developer folder was completely empty).
I thought I could install the package selectively so I tried running the CHUD package but it gave some sort of odd error. So I gave up and installed the whole developer package again. A few weeks later I was ready to uninstall it. I tried running the script but it gave me a few errors. When I checked the developer folder there was still some files left behind. The remaining files all appeared to be related to the CHUD component of the installation. I was a bit vexed. I tried reinstalling the whole package and running the uninstall script but the files remained.
When looking at the file installation list it appeared that everything was installed in the developer folder. I trashed what was left in the developer folder, being fairly confident that the entire installation was cleaned out. Though I'm not totally sure. Which brings me to my question.
Is there anything left behind from an Xcode 3.0 installation if I simply chose to trash the contents of /Developer? I suspect that some is left behind because the installation error from the CHUD package seemed to have changed something that prevented the uninstaller script from properly removing the entire installation. Sorry if I seem a bit fussy. Thanks for reading this.

Hi, thanks for answering. Actually I had attempted to use that script as mentioned in my post. It had worked reliably before but it did not work when I ran it a second time. I suspected that a botched installation using the CHUD package on the Leopard DVD had screwed up something in the bom, preventing the perl script from doing a proper job of cleaning out all the files.
Anyways, after looking around I found out that Apple has made available a separate installation package for CHUD. So I installed that and then tried uninstalling using the CHUD remover app. It seems to have removed everything except a CPU preference pane in the extras folder.
Anyways I'm pretty sure that my tinkering these last couple of days should have removed all the installed system files. I even selected a few random files per the xcode installation list and checked to see if they were still in the system. The scripts and app seem to do a pretty good job of cleaning up as far as I can tell. The fact that uninstaller did not always do a proper job of cleaning up the installation was always a pet peeve of mine from the windows world.
I've given up on making sure that every single file has been removed. My big concern is whether stuff left behind in the system folders would have a negative impact on system performance or would cause problems in systems operation.
Another thing is that I didn't see the point in giving up 2 gigs of HD space when I only planed to use only a small component of the SDK. Apple should have included the separate CHUD package on the Leopard DVD. Just my 2 cents.
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Can't delete old developer folder: dashcode.app and xcode.app running

I installed XCode 4.3.3 and accepted when it offered to delete the old version, XCode 4.2.1 I think.
The Developer folder was moved to trash but unfortunately I had the file compare tool runing at the time and that's perhaps why things have become messed up.
I shut down the file compare tool, but still when I tried to empty trash it reported that DashboardCleint.spp and xcode.app are running.
I can't find any way of stopping them, or even seeing them listed as running applications anywhere.
Any suggestions?
Cheers.

OK, yes this worked but I thought in a unix based system like MacOS there would be an way without a restart.
Need to start getting into unix again.
Cheers.

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I will need to buy my friend's MacBook Core Duo which is quite inexpensive (it's not the one with the 4MB cache, 3GB, standard hardrive, battery life says normal, 2007 model with Superdrive, iSight and wifi) to continue some work there. In my Time Machine backup, there is an XCode 4.1.1 installer there (which is good and smart of Apple to do that for cases like this). I will save that but will it install on the MacBook with Snow Leopard? Or should I save the Developer folder instead of the Install Xcode app (the installer) that was downloaded from App Store under Lion?
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Gbu.

Hi. Thanks for the replies. Not that kind of software downgrade. I plan to use another Mac (a MacBook) which runs Snow Leopard my friend's planning to sell coz' this iMac which will be taken to the shop only boots in Safe Mode. I hope and pray it's a blessing in disguise (I probably need a backup computer to continue with work anyway on the plus side).

Solved: Installed Xcode 4... But Can't Find It.

Hi, there
So I bought Xcode 4 from the App Store. I always thought Xcode was free, but Apple charge for it now. So once it finally downloaded, I tried installing. The installer got stuck at 98% (as it does for many people). I used the trick mentioned in another thread where you look at the package contents and find the installer file in there ("Contents" > "Resoures" > "Xcode and iOS SDK.mpkg") and install it that way. That worked, however, I can't find the SDK or Xcode applications anywhere on my Mac. Spotlight returns nothing.
Any ideas?
EDIT: Nevermind, found it in the "Developer" folder. I thought it'd be stored in the applications folder. Not sure why Spotlight didn't pick it up.
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Chris

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Would be easier if they didn't do that as part of the install, but hey...at least it works.
And don't be tempted to move Xcode to another folder...leave the content of /Developer as-is.
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