Deploy Xcode 6.1 via Self Service

Paging @rtrouton ...

It has been done in the past for Xcode 5. I'd imagine its possible with the same techniques for 6.

I've been downloading an Xcode 6.1 installer using the technique described here:

http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/downloading-apples-server-app-installer-package/

Once I have that installer, I have it associated with an installation policy, then make that policy available in Self Service for my users.

I'm using the following scripts as Before and After scripts:

https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_scripts/tree/master/rtrouton_scripts/Casper_Scripts/xcode_scripts

I set xcode_uninstall.sh as the Before script and xcode_post_install.sh as the After script.

Chiming in here to thank @rtrouton for the detailed and helpful write-up as usual!

@rtrouton can this be included as a pre/post install script to the package?

What about attaching your CLI installer script?

@jwojda,

I'm not certain what you're asking for. Could you be more specific?

Installing the Xcode Command Line Tools separately shouldn't be necessary if you're installing Xcode. The needed tools are included as part of a normal Xcode installation. For more information on this, see this post:

https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/xcode-command-line-tools-included-with-xcode-5-0-x-on-mavericks/

Sorry, yes - I often forget that others can't see my screen or be inside my head to understand what I'm talking about. Anyway - almost all of our Xcode Dev's want the CLI, so I try to just bundle it in there with them. I was browsing your blog and saw this

@jwojda, Sure, the script you linked to should work to install the Xcode Command Line Tools:

https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_scripts/tree/master/rtrouton_scripts/install_xcode_command_line_tools