Uninstall XCode Tools 2.5

I wanted to see what XCode Tools 2.5 was all about so I installed it along with MacPorts 1.82 (which requires XCode Tools) for Tiger. After seeing that I am not a software developer, I went to uninstall XCode Tools 2.5 with the following instructions in the manual "open the terminal then type ($ sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall=devtools)then hit Return. I get a warning to be careful about using a "sudo" command, then told to enter my PW. At the prompt I try to type my Admin PW but nothing happens, can't type anything. How can I get this to work? Can I just drag the entire "Developer" folder to the trash? Even with the XCode Tools, I am only using 19gigs of my 55gig drive so the space that XCode Tools takes up is not a problem. Will uninstalling XCode Tools cause a problem for MacPorts? I know that installing certain open source free software occasionally requires that either XCode Tools or MacPorts or both be installed, that's why I am thinking to just leave it on my computer. Although, ideally, I would like to uninstall both XCode Tools + MacPorts. Please forgive me for the rambling question. I am fairly new to Mac so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks, Ken.

Please forgive me, I goofed. It should have been "uninstall-devtools" not "uninstall=devtools", the hyphen not the equal sign. I super magnified the instruction text, saw my error, began the uninstall, almost surgically, without my PW. It left the Developer folder with a small "Samples" folder in it so I put the whole thing in the trash, got all my space back, almost 3 gigs. I feel like such a fool wasting your time, but every challenge is a learning experience. I guess I won't worry about the MacPorts, perhaps it was uninstalled as well. Thanks again for all your help, Ken.

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