[sdiy] OT( installing PICKIT2 drivers on OSX)

[Kevin Vanwulpen]

I know it works with PICKIT3 (in some cases however you first need to 
connect it to a PC to update the PICKIT's firmware aaaargh).

For PICKIT2 I personally I run WindowsXP under a VM (Virtuabox, VMWare, 
Parallels or the like)...never had any issues.
On the PICKIT2 page they do seem to have the PK2CMD utility for Linux 
and Mac, so if that works you could program from the command-line.

> I finally seem to have figured out that I need to install the PICKIT 2 drivers before I can use the PICKIT2 with mplab-x
> however, all it is is a DAT file and a hex file and some instructions on using the terminal to install the files.
> i am not very comfortable with TERMINAL and the way that MICROCHIP wrote it, well let me just say that it doesnt make me feel like I am going to get it to work.
> (what a difference from Atmels product literature)
> has anyone been down this road? can i install it without terminal?
> (by simply copying the files to the write folders?(
>
> any advice appreciated!
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