The Command Line Tools Package is a small self-contained package for OS X that contains development tools typically installed in /usr/bin, like Clang, GDB and Make.
The Command Line Tools Package is a small self-contained package available for download separately from Xcode and that allows you to do command line development in OS X. It consists of two components: OS X SDK and command-line tools such as Clang
, GDB
and Make
which are installed in /usr/bin
.
For complete details, see Apple's Technical Note TN2339, Building from the Command Line with Xcode FAQ.