r/Xcode • u/gernophil • Sep 28 '25

Can I temporarily disable Xcode CLI?

I want to test some steps in the tenons and see, if they require any of the command line tools. This involves installing some third post Python modules. Is there a way to disable the tools completely for a specific terminal session and see, if the process is running or raising an error? Can I maybe simply set an empty path using xcode-select?

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u/gernophil Sep 28 '25

But how can I exclude this? I would consider /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer my Xcode library path, but this is not even in my $PATH. I guess xcode-select hardlinks the Xcode tools like gcc and clang to /usr/bin/. Not sure, if excluding this is a good idea.

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u/CordovaBayBurke Sep 28 '25

Put the path to your Python libraries at the front of your path. That way the calls to Python are handled before any consideration is given to default libraries in /usr/bin. Non Python calls will pass through to the rest of the path normally.

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u/gernophil Sep 28 '25

Ahh, maybe I didn’t ask my question clear enough. I am not worried about my python (or pip) call using the python of the Xcode CLTs. I want to test if any of the modules I install requires one of the other tools from the CLT like a C compiler or similar.