There is no legit way to install Xcode.

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There is no legit way to install Xcode.

I got Xcode_11.3.1.xip from the official repo, trying to extract it to my external SSD using

xip -e Xcode_11.3.1.xip

1: I see at the beginning

xip: signing certificate was "Software Update" (validation not attempted)

What the heck does this mean???

2: It's trying to unpack the stuff till my entire 256G drive get done (all the space is available for the moment) , then

No such file or directory
xip: error: The archive “Xcode_11.3.1.xip” failed to be moved to the final destination due to the error: The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory.

What's wrong with this OS??? If I wanted to deal with a bunch of issues, I'd chose Linux, at least there's no proprietary soft in there.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 25, 2020 2:18 PM

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ep4eg Author

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Feb 2, 2024 5:24 PM in response to etresoft

The problem's been solved by formatting the partition to APFS, what's actually ridiculous as xip is kinda a simple archive (fix me if I'm wrong). That seems a bug to me (check decompression bomb).

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etresoft

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Feb 25, 2020 6:15 PM in response to ep4eg

Why not just download it from the App Store? That is the "official repo".

If you did want to install it from the developer site, all you need to do is double-click the file to expand it.

I'm not sure what you are attempting with "xip -e". That is not a valid argument to sip.

I'm not sure what that output means. Perhaps it means that it isn't going to attempt to validate the archive because it was signed by Apple. If you want to know more, you would have to ask Apple. And Apple won't answer.

I'm not sure what you mean by "till my entire 256G drive get done (all the space is available for the moment)". Are you saying you ran out of free storage space? That is not unusual, especially with Xcode. It's a beast.

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