If you don’t already have one, create a GitHub account. In particular, current versions of RStudio require up to date operating systems. Note: if you are not using a current operating system (Windows 10 or Mac OSX 12) you may run into installation problems. Northwestern researchers can get help via our free consultation service.

There are a lot of things that can go wrong along the way. There are other ways to install just git without Xcode.To use git and GitHub with R/RStudio, you first need to set up all of the components. You can install the Command Line tools from the (you got it) command line (Terminal), with You can download and install Xcode from the Apple Developer site, but it is easier and more reliable (as a normal user, one that does not have to run pre-release versions) to install it from the App Store. You have to install Xcode and the Xcode Command Line Tools.

Given that this is from over a year ago, I trust you have already resolved this.īut, for future reference, macOS does not come with git by default. Sorry for all the questions, but I am totally unskilled when it is about using git. Xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun After deleting XCodes there seems to be no git My terminal said that I was having Apple Git 128. Has „sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/git/„ changed anything? If not, how can I delete all unnecessary files? Is Git already installed when I buy a new MacBook? I used some codes, I got from google, on my terminal (sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/git/), I am afraid that it has done more damage than it was helpful.Īny idea how I can reverse the last 24 hours? I installed a new MacOS again and now everything seems to be fine (at least no black screen). Every time I logged in my entire display was black and my cursor in a neon blue I used the function for a secured system restart and at the end I was reinstalling MacOS BigSur. I was able to delete Xcode, MS VS and VS Code but there was no program with the name git“, but hundreds of files with a big red „h“ on them, that I have never seen before. After some regrets I have decided to delete all applications again. These applications were all asking for git (git-scm) and I have accepted. Due to the current situation (Corona-Virus) I had to download Xcode, MS Visual Studio and Visual StudioCode on my personal MacBook Pro (2017 no Touch Bar).

Using git for mac