Geek Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kext-files.jpg" alt="Kext files" title="kext-files" width="620" height="354" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25915" /></p> <p>Can’t use the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/04/install-kext-files-easily-with-kext-drop/">easy Kext Drop</a> app for some reason to install a kernel extension? Installing kexts (kernel extensions) manually is always an option and it’s not too difficult if you’re comfortable with the command line:</p> <ul> <li>Copy the .kext file(s) to /System/Library/Extensions/</li> <li>Open the Terminal and type: <li> <code>cd /System/Library/Extensions/</code></p> <li>Type the following commands at the terminal, replacing the kext name with the one you are installing</li> <p><code>sudo chmod -R 755 kextfile.kext sudo chown -R root:wheel kextfile.kext</code></p> <li>Now remove the kext caches:</li> <p><code>sudo rm -R Extensions.kextcache sudo rm -R Extensions.mkext</code></p> <li>Reboot the Mac</li> </ul> <p>The kernel extension should now be installed. </p> <p>As you can see this is more time consuming than the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/04/install-kext-files-easily-with-kext-drop/">alternative</a>, so ideally you’ll just one of the installer applications instead.</p> <p><em>Thanks to Nick for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/04/install-kext-files-easily-with-kext-drop/#comment-309915">the tip</a></em></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zip2Mks8yvB3qpeKHFeXoxooYPI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zip2Mks8yvB3qpeKHFeXoxooYPI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zip2Mks8yvB3qpeKHFeXoxooYPI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zip2Mks8yvB3qpeKHFeXoxooYPI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=n7luG21sRME:d68f3uB4dRI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=n7luG21sRME:d68f3uB4dRI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=n7luG21sRME:d68f3uB4dRI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=n7luG21sRME:d68f3uB4dRI:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=n7luG21sRME:d68f3uB4dRI:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=n7luG21sRME:d68f3uB4dRI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=n7luG21sRME:d68f3uB4dRI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/n7luG21sRME" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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