General Error Installing Xcode 4.5 from App Store??

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General Error Installing Xcode 4.5 from App Store??

Just got a new MacBook Pro, and keep getting a general "error" when trying to install Xcode 4.5 form the app store. OSX Mountain Lion is up to; installed the latest patches, made double sure OS X is in its latest version.

Whenever I download X-Code from the app store, soon as it finished downloading, get "error installing xcode, please try again.". This is EXTREMELY difficult to troubleshoot because it takes an hour to download. Soon as the download completes, it tries to install, resulting in an error. Even errors before asking for credentials to start the install process. Then I need to download all over again. 😟

Other apps are downloading and installing all-right. Mac is pristine install and brand new.

Ideas?

P.S. I'm sure the Apple Geniuses watch this board. This would be simple to troubleshoot if I did not need wait an hour for each download. If it would store the Xcode image locally until a FULL install and reboot, I'd not be posting this.

Posted on Dec 4, 2012 10:22 AM

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VikingOSX

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Dec 4, 2012 11:30 AM in response to vvuiverine

This is an all volunteer community, not Apple employees.

I just checked in the Developer forum and there have been no posts in the last week regarding the Xcode installation failure you report.

Though your new 2012 MacBook Pro has a custom hardware build of OS X 10.8.2 (10.8.1 outside US), it would seem that any Xcode 4.5.2 incompatibility with this version would see rampant posts. I had no problem downloading and installing Xcode 4.5.2 or its optional installs from preferences.

What applications did you install before your Xcode 4.5.2 install attempt?

Here is the approach I would take to your problem.

Contact the App Store and determine if there is a temporary issue and awareness/solution to your problem.
App Store Support
Cleanup your Mac
1. Remove prior Xcode 4.5.2 if anything remains in /Applications
2. Clear out $HOME/Library/Caches contents to Trash and empty Trash.
3. Reboot into Safe Mode
  1. Hold shift until progress bar, then again before pressing login arrow after password.
  2. This cleans out system caches, rebuilds certain databases, and verifies/fixes permissions.
  3. Reboot.
Have nothing else running on your MacBookPro.
Perform Xcode 4.5.2 download again.
If successful, run Disk Utility and verify/repair permissions
Stay plugged into the Apple Support Community Developer forum

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vvuiverine Author

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Dec 4, 2012 12:32 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks Viking! I just figured it out; had the time/date set to 2011.

If anyone else has issues, try this link to download from the dev.apple.com. It does make it A LOT easier to troubleshoot when allowed to try more than once an hour when it fails after waiting for the download.

Link: https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action

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