A command line tool is a console based application either run in MS-DOS or a terminal (Command prompt for windows, and terminal for linux and mac)
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xcode-select active developer directory error
Saw the following error when running an npm install which required node-gyp... but could be triggered by anything which requires xcode-select.
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active
developer directory…

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How to install Xcode Command Line Tools
How do I get the command-line build tools installed with the current Xcode/Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later?
Unlike Xcode there is no installer, it's just a bundle.
It looks like all the command line tools are in the bundle, under…

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What is a faster alternative to Python's http.server (or SimpleHTTPServer)?
Python's http.server (or SimpleHTTPServer for Python 2) is a great way of serve the contents of the current directory from the command line:
python -m http.server
However, as far as web servers go, it's very slooooow...
It behaves as though it's…

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Xcode 6.1 - How to uninstall command line tools?
I installed Xcode command line tool by issuing xcode-select --install; now I want to uninstall it (without uninstalling Xcode).
I've tried
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all
but then I get the error
sudo:…

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Error Message "Xcode alone is not sufficient on Sierra"
I'd like to install openCV to vectorize image, but there's a series error message regarding Xcode and Ruby.
First, I use terminal to install openCV, brew install opencv.
Then, I got error message indicating that the system doesn't like my ruby…

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"pod init" creates error that says "You need at least git version 1.8.5 to use CocoaPods"
I was not able to install any pod in my system.
Hence, I removed cocoapods from my Mac and then reinstalled it.
The process was successful but when I run the command pod init following error shows up in the terminal:
`verify_minimum_git_version!':…

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svn client binaries for windows
Where are the Windows binaries for the command-line version of SVN? Everywhere I search, it has to be some company's fancy client software with an installer.
I'm working on a machine where I don't have administrator account. Just give me the plain…

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command line tools for new 10.9 OSX for ruby gems?
After installing OSX Mavericks 10.9 demo, Im getting this after running bundle
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/Users/sandric/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby extconf.rb
extconf.rb:17:…

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Install gnuplot 5.0.1 on OSX
I downloaded the source files for gnuplot 5.0.1 (gnuplot-5.0.1.tar.gz) from the source forge page. I also installed the Command Line Tools on my OS X 10.7.5 so that I have gcc and make in the /usr/bin folder.
I followed the installation…

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How can I add OS X "tags" to files programmatically?
Since Mavericks, OS X has had the ability to tag & colour files in Finder.
Is there any way to add tags to files through Cocoa APIs or via a shell command?

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Can't install Command Line Tool, "xcode-select --install" doesn't work
I don't know how to install the Command Line Tools on OSX Mavericks.
Or better: I know how to do it (I just did it on another MacBook), but something goes wrong this time.
What happened:
I Install Homebrew on OSX Mavericks
Homebrew ask me to intall…

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How to debug python CLI that takes stdin?
I'm trying to debug a Python CLI I wrote that can take its arguments from stdin. A simple test case would have the output of
echo "test" | python mytool.py
be equivalent to the output of
python mytool.py test
I'd like to debug some issues with…

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Mac OS app, sandbox with command line tool?
I've made an app which includes a command-line tool. I have enabled the app's sandbox, and tested that it works. I've also code-signed both the app and the command line tool.
But when I upload the app to iTunes, I received a email telling me "App…

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macOS 10.14(beta) How to install Command_Line_Tools_macOS_10.14_for_Xcode_10_Beta
As the Title of my question, I don't know how to install the Command_Line_Tools_macOS_10.14_for_Xcode_10_Beta for my mac, please help.
What I did:
run command "brew install carthage" to install the Carthage, get errors:
Error: Your Xcode (9.4.1)…

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Publish to Google Play through command line
Is there any option to publish Android Application to Google Play using command line tool ? I have signed my application but I can't use web browser to publish it.

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