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Script to download & install XCode Command Line tools on OSX 10.7 or 10.8. Lifted from jedi4ever/veewee template.
#!/bin/sh
# 2021-12-09:
# This script is no longer supported!
# Apple broke all direct downloads without logging with an Apple ID first.
# The number of hoops that a script would need to jump through to login,
# store cookies, and download is prohibitive.
# Now we all must manually download and mirror the files for this to work at all :'-(
OSX_VERS=$(sw_vers -productVersion | awk -F "." '{print $2}')
# Get Xcode CLI tools
# https://devimages.apple.com.edgekey.net/downloads/xcode/simulators/index-3905972D-B609-49CE-8D06-51ADC78E07BC.dvtdownloadableindex
# https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action
TOOLS=clitools.dmg
if [ ! -f "$TOOLS" ]; then
if [ "$OSX_VERS" -eq 7 ]; then
DMGURL=http://devimages.apple.com/downloads/xcode/command_line_tools_for_xcode_os_x_lion_april_2013.dmg
elif [ "$OSX_VERS" -eq 8 ]; then
DMGURL=http://devimages.apple.com/downloads/xcode/command_line_tools_for_xcode_os_x_mountain_lion_april_2013.dmg
elif [ "$OSX_VERS" -eq 9 ]; then
DMGURL=http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/command_line_tools_os_x_mavericks_for_xcode__late_october_2013/command_line_tools_os_x_mavericks_for_xcode__late_october_2013.dmg
elif [ "$OSX_VERS" -eq 10 ]; then
DMGURL=http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Command_Line_Tools_OS_X_10.10_for_Xcode_6.3.2/commandlinetoolsosx10.10forxcode6.3.2.dmg
elif [ "$OSX_VERS" -eq 11 ]; then
DMGURL=http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Command_Line_Tools_OS_X_10.11_for_Xcode_7.3.1/Command_Line_Tools_OS_X_10.11_for_Xcode_7.3.1.dmg
elif [ "$OSX_VERS" -eq 12 ]; then
DMGURL=http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Command_Line_Tools_macOS_10.12_for_Xcode_8.1/Command_Line_Tools_macOS_10.12_for_Xcode_8.1.dmg
elif [ "$OSX_VERS" -eq 14 ]; then
DMGURL=https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Command_Line_Tools_for_Xcode_11_GM_Seed/Command_Line_Tools_for_Xcode_11_GM_Seed.dmg
fi
curl "$DMGURL" -o "$TOOLS"
fi
TMPMOUNT=`/usr/bin/mktemp -d /tmp/clitools.XXXX`
hdiutil attach "$TOOLS" -mountpoint "$TMPMOUNT"
installer -pkg "$(find $TMPMOUNT -name '*.mpkg' -o -name '*.pkg')" -target /
hdiutil detach "$TMPMOUNT"
rm -rf "$TMPMOUNT"
rm "$TOOLS"
exit
@TheTechRobo
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Would be better than nothing tho, especially sinc eyou can use the same cookies file for many machines

@trinitronx
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So, I figured out another way around having to maintain URLs for the CLT packages... I ended up deprecating this script and using an AppleScript instead

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