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I just downloaded Xcode from Apple's website.

I got the dmg file named xcode_432_lion.dmg. After mounting xcode_432_lion.dmg, when I open that disk, it's just showing me a file named Xcode. When I click on Xcode, it simply starts the application.

Why isn't it installing Xcode? I want to install Xcode and all other tools so that I can also get them from a terminal.

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Just drag the Xcode.app to /Applications and start it from there.

Xcode used to be installed to /Developer, but not anymore. It's a self-contained application package now.

According to Apple's release notes,


Furthermore, the Xcode command line tools are …


So open Xcode.app, then click Xcode » Preferences, or press ,

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Expanding on this: the App Store can't use installers, it can only copy application bundles to /Applications. So if you want to install manually, you copy the application bundle yourself; there is no installer to run any more, nor does the short-lived Install Xcode.app exist any more. –  geekosaur May 13 '12 at 17:28
then how to use commands thats are being installed with xcode? –  coure2011 May 13 '12 at 17:29
where to find this Download Preferences Panel? –  coure2011 May 13 '12 at 17:35
@coure2011 Uhm. Isn't it in Xcode's preferences? –  slhck May 13 '12 at 17:39

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