Why do people like installing kext's using commands lines in Terminal instead using of GUI?

[Gary Coleman]

I found I could do the same by dragging and dropping kext's to their designated folders, deleting kextcache and mkext, and restore file permission using disk utlitily. To me it's needless typing

[domino]

oh? Lets prove it. Copy all the files located in your /System/Library/Extensions folder to your desktop. Then delete all the files in the /System/Library/Extensions. Now copy the files back from your desktop to the /System/Library/Extensions and reboot. Let us know what happens.

 

PS. don't forget to run disk util before you reboot.

[Technobob]

I use the GUI all the time but I also log in as root before I do that, I hate the command line input

[domino]

By the time you have logged in as root then log out and log in as a normal user, i would have already typed: sudo touch and sudo reboot

[Technobob]

By the time you have logged in as root then log out and log in as a normal user, i would have already typed: sudo touch and sudo reboot

 

That's fine if your fast at typing and know exactly what to type, sure it's faster but for me I have to look up what I would need to type to install a kext. So for me logging out and using root is faster and easier and no command line.

[gwprod12]

You always get this when you try to make a value judgement into a fact.

 

"Why do you own a Seiko? Rolex's are so much better".

 

"Why do you use Ubuntu? Gentoo is better!"

 

"Why do you do X? Y is easier".

 

Personal Preference.