Bad CPU Type in executable error on M2

New install. Any thoughts?

Hi @Rusty_Lockett,

Could you share any of the output you got?

Thanks,
Jon

./archy: line 11: ./archyBin/archy-macos-2.28.1: Bad CPU type in executable

Thanks for that. I did a quick google and found this post: Fix for MacBook Air M1/M2 — ‘Bad CPU type in executable’ Error | by Jithmi Shashirangana | Medium

On there I see it says:
However, the terminal doesn’t automatically detect that Rosetta is missing. Instead, it will give you the error Bad CPU Type in Executable. So, this is the cue for you to install Rosetta 2.

Perhaps Rosetta 2 is not installed yet on your machine. From that same article it says /usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license. Maybe give that a try and see if it works! Or alternatively try to launch a non-native apple silicon app to get the prompt to install it.

Let me know if that solves the problem!

Thanks,
Jon

That worked. Somehow I thought it was already installed as I saw it listed in the system settings. Maybe just not activated. Thanks!

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No problem! Glad its working now :+1:

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