Just as a note, you can almost always get by with `xcode-select --install`[0] which installs the Xcode Command Line Tools, which is what `brew` et al. need. `b

Just as a note, you can almost always get by with `xcode-select --install`[0] which installs the Xcode Command Line Tools, which is what `brew` et al. need. `brew` added this as a step in its install script[1], too. So, unless you are planning to do development in Xcode or want access to the device simulators for testing, there isn’t really much reason to actually install the Xcode application. [0]: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107307/how-can-i-install-the-command-line-tools-completely-from-the-command-line https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107307/how-can-i-i... [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/install/blob/ee0036121331ff32d725df73476e37a4871439e2/install.sh#L846 https://github.com/Homebrew/install/blob/ee0036121331ff32d72...