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I just got a new macbook air where every bit of SSD disk space is precious. I want to be able to compile & run most of the open source tools out there. I figured out I needed to install Xcode but it has consumed 6.3G of my disk space. I am sure I don't need 99% of all those stuff.

Now how do I reclaim my space without sacrificing the ability to compile UNIX programs. I am assuming here that the most common applications are available in C/C++ source codes and hence I primarily require a gcc more than anything else. Please correct me if other libraries are also required. I read at other places that I can customize the install but I was unable to do so. I tried downloading dmg file as well as downloading via Appstore. In either case, mac took care of all the installation without bothering me to interfere and customize. I am a mac newbie, sure I must have missed something.

Even otherwise, how can i shed the unnecessary software bloat without having to reinstall.

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    OK I reran Monlingual which reclaimed around 93M space. Staggering amount of space is allotted to "Platforms" subdirectory (4.5G) followed by "documentation". I am blindly convinced both of them are unnecessary but will wait until someone gives me an informed advice. The uninstall perl script shows 4 modes all;xcodedir;unixdev;system support. I think I should retain unixdev and run other two modes. Can someone advise?
    – Benny
    Aug 1, 2011 at 11:46
  • I'm pretty sure you can uncheck the 'ios sdk' and leave the others checked during install to only install basic tools and c++, but I've never done this. The ios sdk is like 3.8GB of the xcode install.
    – skub
    Aug 1, 2011 at 12:57
  • I tried installing twice, but both the times I was not given any option to check or uncheck anything. Perhaps I clicked through some screen. Anyways, I ran the uninstall perl script with mode=xcodedir and recovered some 6 GB space. Still the Xcode has eaten up some amount of disk space and I am not sure where. I guess, I should stop being paranoid and get on with it.
    – Benny
    Aug 1, 2011 at 14:31
  • Does the Xcode IDE and c/c++ suff still work? Curious, I might do that too if it does. I have zero desire to develop IOS apps...
    – skub
    Aug 1, 2011 at 14:37
  • I just checked gcc-v. Let me know the test cases I need to check, otherwise I cannot confirm which functionalities were lost.
    – Benny
    Aug 1, 2011 at 14:44

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