Question

I know nothing about Xcode, except it’s a Developer interface from Apple that actually comes on OSX CD and it’s used to create iPhone apps as well.

I also know it have a Applications folder, filled with little utilities, that are indeed quite useful. I tried grabbing one of them and running, without installing Xcode but it doesn’t work. It brings an error and a Problem Report from which I believe the relevant part is this:

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: @rpath/DevToolsInterface.framework/Versions/A/DevToolsInterface

I’ve tried, of course, locating that “framework”, with no success.

Well…

I guess it’s probably possible to install Xcode, get that utility source, if it exists somewhere, and compile for stand-alone. But that goes beyond my point.

I just want to know if there’s somewhere I can get those utilities and/or make them run without needing to install Xcode at all.

Answer 1

Most of the developer tools depend on several shared frameworks that are installed in /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks and /Developer/Library/Frameworks and several of the tools also depend on other files in the /Developer/Library folder.

The Apple developer tools are intended to be installed and used as a set.

Why not just install the developer tools? Is there a particular reason you don’t want to do this? You can choose not to install the documentation and various other packages if you’re worried about disk space.