Uninstalling old Xcode

I'm seeing a bunch of directories in /System/Library/Frameworks that are identical to the stuff in /Developer, but not all of the directories in /System are populated.
Could this be stuff leftover from an older Xcode I was running (I believe it's 1.5) I upgraded from Panther to Tiger and installed Xcode 2.5 before removing the old one.

The reason I'd like to do this is because I think having two versions of the same thing is causing some things to break. I'm trying to install pyobjc-py25 now, and it says it can't find a bunch of InterfaceBuilder files. Under my /Developer directory, I see all of the files that are purportedly missing.

But I think the installer (fink) is looking in /System instead which could explain why it's not finding the files. In/System/Library/Frameworks/InterfaceBuilder.framework/, the only thing present is a InterfaceBuilder_redoprebinding.

Any hints will be much appreciated!

iBook G3 500, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 27, 2008 7:00 AM

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May 27, 2008 8:45 AM in response to Kok Leong Tah

To uninstall Xcode you need run a special shell script: /Applications/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl

If you can find the uninstall script for the older version of Xcode then run it. I would now run the uninstall script for the CURRENT version of Xcode. Then I would tidy up the folders to delete anything left behind.

Now download and install a clean version of the developer tools.

Good luck

Bob

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