I have downloaded and installed Xcode on OS 10.14 but it does not execute. It was installed as a prerequisite for the application Inkscape. I don't want to develop code just use the application as a graphics design tool. Please provide some advice. Thank You. Barney
iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14
If you are already running a Virtual Machine with Windows 10, there is a native installation of Inkscape available from a Windows installer at the Inkscape site. The Inkscape build has a boatload of other package dependencies and MacPorts will need to compile and install them before it gets around to that Inkscape package. Any package that MacPorts downloads will require at minimum, the Command-line Tools (macOS 10.14) for Xcode 10.2.1 (macOS 10.14.3+), or the huge Xcode 10.2.1 installation. Xcode 11 is still in beta, and may not be intended for Mojave, or even stable.
Inkscape dot org suggests that although the MacPorts build of Inkscape does offer a native macOS build, it is a very early build and more reliability would exist in using the X11 build that would require XQuartz which has not been updated since 2016. As much as I would like Inkscape on macOS, I don't want the extra baggage of all those dependency packages installed to use it.
As a self-proclaimed newbie, attempting a MacPorts installation of Inkscape could well be too much (unsupported) headache to bother on macOS.
The download instructions for Inkscape however state that MacPorts and Xcode are required prior to the Inkscapes installation.
lnkscape is not an Apple product, you should consult them moving forward.
If you are not writing code, Xcode is not for you.
Xcode 11 downloaded/installed on OS10.14 but does not execute. I am a newbie that needs help.
