Downloading Command Line Tools for Xcode

[Moonwalker777]

Hi,

Im relatively new to GitHub and I need your help.

I tried to install Homebrew by /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)“ this command. But unfortunately I’m stuck at the process of

Downloading Command Line Tools for Xcode

It runs since 15 Minutes and nothing is happening.

Please help :-)

Thank you!

[gromgit]

Apple's XCode command-line installer is...quite uncommunicative. You have at least two choices:

1. Wait for as long as it takes...or the installer errors out.
2. Go to https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ (you'll need to sign up for an Apple developer account if you don't have one), then download and install the latest Command Line Tools package that your OS supports.

[vhnguyenae]

I found that I had to continue the update on Apple's Software Update Tool once that line comes up. It worked for me!

lol how did you find it, that did the trick though 🤯

[D0nFreeman]

many thanks

[andrews2k]

Many thanks !

[googlecopypasteedit]

Thanks! Going to the "Software Update" window shows the (painfully slow) download progress.

[JamesZhao2022]

Thank you! This really help me for this matter.

[teddypham9x]

Just simply wait, at the same time sign up for an Apple developer account :))

[TylerTemp]

Actually, I found that, once the download started, you can go to settings - Software Update, and it will give a very nice view of total size & download speed, with a title saying "XCode Comand-line Tool downloading", and will title switch to "installing" when the download finished.

[nicolehaug]

Verified the software update when xcode tool installation hangs is in fact the answer, thx!

[BrunoVannucci]

Perfect, after I accessed the Software Update option, I found that it was just waiting for the user to reboot.

[muescha]

Consider adding an informative line to the console:

Downloading Command Line Tools for Xcode
  The download duration may vary depending on your bandwidth. 
  You can monitor the progress in Settings under Software Update. 
  To access it, use the command:
open /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SoftwareUpdate.prefPane

[devinvm]

This is just so wonderful! Great to have such an easy way of accessing a visual progress indicator. Thanks for the tip!

[zohaibmanzoorkushwahaa]

this is great it helped me

[vedant12355]

you can go to the apple icon in the top left of the menu, then go to about this mac>storage and it should show you the amount of storage space decreasing

[featuredxp]

It is like a 450MB package and generally takes longer time than you expect; so give some patience until it is done.
For my side, the patience is ~30 mins.

[TylerTemp]

Oh you mean go to about this mac --> software update.. Thanks!

Also by apple icon (top left of screen) - settings - software update ☺️

[elias1435]

it was taken around 10min for me...

[ghost]

What a shiet...even Windows updates don't take that long to download...seems like Apple carefully protects their bandwidth -_-

[gurhub]

The real scenario is when the install is requested by the terminal, it shows up under the "System Preferences > Software Update" as a new update for the Command Line Tools. I think, the reason might be, that requires an Agreement that you've to accept. Why, because when I pressed the Update it automatically shows up under the terminal as "Downloaded Command Line Tools for Xcode" and "Installing Command Line Tools for Xcode". After that I accepted the agreement then I saw this message "Done with Command Line Tools for Xcode". So, from a software provider company perspective, nothing weird here. But, perhaps there are other delegates methods or messages, whatever it is, that the other side of the development has to follow.

Or, blame it on the boogie ;)

[ok-coder1]

I think it is possible to just run sudo xcode-select --install and install Homebrew.