Unable to install Xcode on Catalina

After installing Catalina, Xcode refuses to install. It downloads for a long time (slow downloads from Apple) and then refuses to install with no explanation.


"Unable to Download App"

“Xcode” could not be installed. Please try again later.

Posted on Oct 9, 2019 11:38 PM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2019 12:33 PM

I was able to work around this by uninstalling Xcode first. What I did:


  1. move Xcode from Applications to Trash
  2. in the terminal, `rm -rf ~/Library/Developer`
  3. in the terminal, `rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode`
  4. restart
  5. install Xcode from the App Store
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Unable to install Xcode on Catalina

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