Uninstall Developer Tools

I am preparing to give a family member my computer that I have used in a work environment. I would like to prepare the system as best as I can without deleting everything and restoring as I will maintain my account as a backup until I can remove my needed files. Presently, I am need of removing the Apple developer tools from my system. Can some one direct me to a list of items to be deleted or how to do this?
I also would like to know what these two system preferences are (MacFUSE and OpenBase)and if I can delete them without harm to the system if I determine they are not applicable to future use of the system.
Thank you

After using the script I now have some developer files in the Library left over. Can I safely delete these.
I wonder if iI could just reinstall the OS in the same partition but without deleting saved files, applications and registrations? All I want to do is get the OS back to "new".

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Guess things have changed. Look in /Developer/Library. I seem to have uninstaller-type things there.
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Please excuse this simple first time post, but I was wondering whether uninstalling the developer tools has any effect on the rest of os x i.e. is it ok to do it to free up some space?
I know how to do it, but just wanted to check it didn't make things unstable first.
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Paul
G4+ Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I was
wondering whether uninstalling the developer tools
has any effect on the rest of os x i.e. is it ok to
do it to free up some space?
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Uninstalling developer tools will mainly remove the tools you installed with the Xcode/WebO installer....
If you are curious, open the script uninstall-devtools.pl (located at /Developer/Tools ) in your favorite text editor and change the line 34 to "$do_nothing = 1;" (without the quotes!).
With this setting the script will do nothing but print the list of files that would be uninstalled if you did NOT change this setting
If you are more from the techie side, below is the explanation from inside the script:
# 1. The package receipts for Dec2001DevToolsExtra,
# Apr2002DevToolsExtra, Aug2002DevTools10.2Update, Oct2002nibtool,
# Dec2002DevToolsExtras, June2003DevToolsExtras, 2005-06XcodeExtras.
# 2. The version.plist files in vmutils.framework,
# AppleScriptKit.framework from Apr2002DevToolsExtra and
# Graphite.framework from the June2003DevToolsExtras.
# 3. All files and receipts for all other Dev* packages.
# 4. A few odds and ends that aren't explicitly listed in
# the BOMs (post-install symlinks, help index files,
# gdb cached symfiles).
Cheers,
Walter

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latiffrommexico wrote:
If I try to move Library/Developer/CommandLineTools folder to trash I'm asked to provide my admin password, so I don't do it because I'm affraid to harm my OS.
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**Sorry if this isn't the place to ask this, but I really didn't find a section dedicated to this, so I'm asking it here.**
I installed Xcode and the Mac developer tools from Apple's developer site page and I'm not going to use it (for the time being anyway). I dragged and dropped all of the files from the download into the trash and emptied it. Then, I went to Terminal, and typed in the following:
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
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The only thing that I could find in utilities that started with "X" was something called "X11". Also, I had Xcode 3.1.2 installed, and at first I tried typing this command in Terminal:
$ sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
I got this from the "About Xcode 3.1.2" document from Apple's developer site, but it wouldn't work. Then I tried the code that I posted in my first post, and I guess it worked. I actually entered the code
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
a few times (for closure) and the same thing happened every time: password to continue and, that's it! So I guess it worked. I actually got that code from a blog after googling "how to uninstall xcode 3.1.2 and developer tools"!

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I'm ready to drop Firefox because Scratchpad repeatedly opens anytime I have to Capitalize anything and at no time have I ever used the Web Developer tool

Have used Firefox for many years on multiple computers. On the home desktop, anytime you need to CAP a letter, Scratchpad opens instead. Every single time!
This is only having on this one computer, none of the others.
I have completely uninstalled, cleaned and purged Firefox from this computer multiple times. I have run multiple virus checks. I have done the Firefox reset multiple upon multiple times.
Yesterday I completely uninstalled every scrap related to Firefox I could find on the system, did a system clean to get rid of hidden and duplicate files, and with what I hoped was a clean system, reinstalled the latest version of FF. Same problem.
WHY is Scratchpad coming up anytime I hit the Shift key?
Somehow the developer tools and Scratchpad still show up and ultimately the problems start again.

Hello Mark,
I can understand your frustration with this issue - especially after you are running into this issue after resetting your computer too.
Can you please check if the scratchpad comes up, if you disable the setting ''devtools.scratchpad.enabled'' by setting the value to false. You can do this by following the instructions in the Mozillazine about modifying the configuration of Mozilla [http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config Editing About:Config]
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Hi,
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Edited by: Bruce Davis on Oct 21, 2009 8:20 AM
changed user to displayed schema (filter)

How to Uninstall xcode Tools?

I installed Gimp, and was looking for X11, and assumed it was in the xcode tools package on the Apple OSX install disc.
So I installed the xcode tools, and got the 'successfully installed' notice. But then found out X11 is not in xcode tools!
Eventually I did find and install X11, and Gimp runs fine.
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apples-mac-mini:~ colin$ % sudo perl/Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl
-bash: fg: %: no such job
apples-mac-mini:~ colin$ % sudo perl /Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl
-bash: fg: %: no such job
apples-mac-mini:~ colin$
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Thanks JJ2: That got rid of 3GB of unwanted Developer Tools nicely!
It would be helpful to others if the 'About Dev Tools pdf'
clearly said that to run the command in terminal you should log out as user, and log back in as Apple (admin) before using terminal.
In addition, the text of the pdf has a percentage symbol at the start of the command line, which appears to be a typo, or plain wrong.
To prevent this happening to others; when referencing X11.app, it should be stated exactly how to find it on the DVD. People logically expect it to be in the xcode tools folder.
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Carlo: Have you got rid of your xcode tools yet?
If not, do this:
Log out as User (Carlo) and log back in as apple (admin)
Finder>Go>Utilities>Terminal.app
In the small black terminal screen type at the cursor:
sudo /Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl
and press enter
Give your Apple (admin) password (NB: You don't see the pw as you type), press enter, and that should cause the tools to be removed. It takes about a minute for the script to do the job, so wait for it to confirm.
Enough geekery!
We just want to use the thing.

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Hi,
Do I need Xcode and the developer tools? I'm not a software developer and don't see a time when I will be. I did a quick check and the Developer file on my HD is taking up roughly 6 GB of space. If I don't need them, I'd love to free up that space for other things (i.e. movies, music, photos, etc.). If I don't need them, what is the best way of going about getting rid of them?
Thanks

You dont need them at all if you're not a developer or do not use any of the utilities for troubleshooting or any other purpose. To uninstall the developer tools, open the Terminal and enter the following command:
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools -mode=all
Supply your password, and you should be all set once the script is done running.

Removing Developer Tools and Classic system from OS X

Hello
I'm trying to free up space on my hard drive and I was wondering how I go about uninstalling the classic (OS 9) system and Developer Tools from my hard disk? Do I just drop to trash or should I do it another way?
Also, I was wondering if my mac mini install disks for V10.3.9 will only work on this Mac or if they could be theoretically used as install disks on another machine?

Hi arbela:
Developer Tools can be dragged to the trash and
deleted. The OS 9 system generally has three folders
associated with it: Applications (Mac OS 9),
Documents, and System Folder. Applications (Mac OS 9)
can be dragged to the trash and deleted, and if
there's nothing in Documents, so can that.
The System Folder is trickier, because of its use for
Classic. Open the folder, then drag everything in the
folder to the trash. Delete. Then drag the System
Folder to the trash. You'll probably have to restart
before you can empty the trash.
As for your Mac Mini install disks, if they are the
grey discs that came with the Mac Mini, then they are
designed specifically for the Mac Mini. In other
words, they'll only have hardware drivers for the
components shipped with your Mac Mini. If you were to
use the discs on an iMac, it probably wouldn't boot;
if it did boot, and the installer ran, the iMac
probably wouldn't boot afterwards because none of the
drivers for the specific hardware on the iMac would
be installed.
Hope that's clear.
Andrew Penner
Hello
Thanks for your advice! All sorted
Regards
Gregg

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