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Revision as of 02:26, 21 August 2011

Mac OS X Lion

Mac OS X Lion no longer supports legacy PowerPC applications via Rosetta. In addition, Xcode 4 no longer uses the GCC compiler. At this time, the FileMaker Plugin API requires us to use the GCC 4.0 compiler.

Installing XCode 4 with support for GCC4.0

The following link explains how to install Xcode 4 with the GCC 4.0 compiler, which is necessary to compile FileMaker Plugins.

Step One : Uninstall existing

If you already have Xcode installed, then uninstall it.

sudo <Xcode>/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

Note : It may be necessary to restart your computer after installing Xcode 3 if you have just uninstalled Xcode 4

Step Two : Install Xcode 3

Create a folder 'Xcode3' at the top level of your boot drive. This is where we will install Xcode 3 to (and not the default /Developer location)

To install Xcode 3, mount the Xcode 3.2.x DMG and then enter the following into 'Terminal' :

 export COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL=1
 open “/Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Xcode and iOS SDK.mpkg”

On the 'Installation Type' screen :

• Change the Location to be the 'Xcode3' folder you created above
• Do not install "System Tools" or "Unix Development"
• Select to install "Mac OS X 10.4 SDK"

Note : Installing the Documentation and/or iOS SDK is optional - install if wanted.

Step Three : Install Xcode 4

Mount the Xcode 4 DMG and Install as normal.

On the 'Installation Type' screen, you should be able to use the default settings.

Step Four : Add GCC4.0 to Xcode 4

Download and run the 'restore-with-xcode3.sh' script, which will add symbolic links within Xcode 4, pointing to Xcode 3.

Execute the code

 ./restore-with-xcode3.sh

We are now ready to open and use Xcode 4

Opening Project in Xcode 4

Open your project in Xcode 4. The first time you do this, Xcode will index your files.