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Install Xcode command line tools on 10.7.x - 10.10.x. Tested on 10.7.5, 10.8.5, 10.9.5 and 10.10.2.
#!/bin/bash
# Installing the Xcode command line tools on 10.7.x or higher
osx_vers=$(sw_vers -productVersion | awk -F "." '{print $2}')
cmd_line_tools_temp_file="/tmp/.com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand.in-progress"
# Installing the latest Xcode command line tools on 10.9.x or higher
if [[ "$osx_vers" -ge 9 ]]; then
# Create the placeholder file which is checked by the softwareupdate tool
# before allowing the installation of the Xcode command line tools.
touch "$cmd_line_tools_temp_file"
# Find the last listed update in the Software Update feed with "Command Line Tools" in the name
cmd_line_tools=$(softwareupdate -l | awk '/\*\ Command Line Tools/ { $1=$1;print }' | tail -1 | sed 's/^[[ \t]]*//;s/[[ \t]]*$//;s/*//' | cut -c 2-)
#Install the command line tools
softwareupdate -i "$cmd_line_tools" -v
# Remove the temp file
if [[ -f "$cmd_line_tools_temp_file" ]]; then
rm "$cmd_line_tools_temp_file"
fi
fi
# Installing the latest Xcode command line tools on 10.7.x and 10.8.x
# on 10.7/10.8, instead of using the software update feed, the command line tools are downloaded
# instead from public download URLs, which can be found in the dvtdownloadableindex:
# https://devimages.apple.com.edgekey.net/downloads/xcode/simulators/index-3905972D-B609-49CE-8D06-51ADC78E07BC.dvtdownloadableindex
if [[ "$osx_vers" -eq 7 ]] || [[ "$osx_vers" -eq 8 ]]; then
if [[ "$osx_vers" -eq 7 ]]; then
DMGURL=http://devimages.apple.com/downloads/xcode/command_line_tools_for_xcode_os_x_lion_april_2013.dmg
fi
if [[ "$osx_vers" -eq 8 ]]; then
DMGURL=http://devimages.apple.com/downloads/xcode/command_line_tools_for_osx_mountain_lion_april_2014.dmg
fi
TOOLS=cltools.dmg
curl "$DMGURL" -o "$TOOLS"
TMPMOUNT=`/usr/bin/mktemp -d /tmp/clitools.XXXX`
hdiutil attach "$TOOLS" -mountpoint "$TMPMOUNT" -nobrowse
# The "-allowUntrusted" flag has been added to the installer
# command to accomodate for now-expired certificates used
# to sign the downloaded command line tools.
installer -allowUntrusted -pkg "$(find $TMPMOUNT -name '*.mpkg')" -target /
hdiutil detach "$TMPMOUNT"
rm -rf "$TMPMOUNT"
rm "$TOOLS"
fi
exit 0
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