Failed to install arduino-cli on macOS Monterey

[istvanzk]

Bug Report

Installation fails when run with the install script:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | BINDIR=~/bin sh

It has been working up to version 0.18. None of the newer versions work and yield the same error.

Current behavior

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | BINDIR=~/bin sh

Output is:
Installing in /Users/izk/bin
ARCH=64bit
OS=macOS
Using curl as download tool
Downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-cli/arduino-cli_0.21.1_macOS_64bit.tar.gz
Failed to install arduino-cli

Expected behavior

Installation and arduino-cli binary in the ~/bin folder.

Environment

• CLI version (output of arduino-cli version): Not possible to run, see below.
• OS and platform: macOS Monterey 12.2.1, on MacBook Pro (2018)

Additional context

I have also tried to install the pre-built binary directly (arduino-cli_0.21.1_macOS_64bit.tar.gz)
When running the command arduino-cli version
the output is Killed: 9

[istvanzk]

Any updates on this? Do you need some more info from my test/env? Is there a solution maybe in another thread? Any help is much appreciated!

[ubidefeo]

@istvanzk
on M1 I have tested the install script and it won't work work because it looks for arm64.
The downloaded release file works fine.
We'll try and test on an Intel machine and keep you posted

[per1234]

The bug with the install script on M1 is tracked here: arduino/tooling-project-assets#207 but I can see that is not the problem @istvanzk is having.

[istvanzk]

Correct. I'm using MBP with Intel processor:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro15,3
Processor Name: 6-Core Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2,6 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 6
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 9 MB
Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
Memory: 32 GB

[per1234]

It has been working up to version 0.18. None of the newer versions work and yield the same error.

So that I can be sure I understand, please tell me which of the two versions is the oldest one with this problem:

• 0.18.0
• 0.18.1

When running the command arduino-cli version
the output is Killed: 9

The install script also runs an arduino-cli version command, so this is likely the cause of the installation failure as well.

"9" is the signal number of SIGKILL

[istvanzk]

Thank you. The installation worked for version 0.18.1. I have not tried out other version in-between 0.18.1 and current one.

[istvanzk]

Any updates on this? Any hints where/what should I check? Or is simply an incompatibility due to latest OS?

[istvanzk]

For completeness: exactly the same error happens with the latest release arduino-cli_0.22.0_macOS_64bit.
I.e. the download and unpacking works fine, while the arduino-cli version fails with Killed: 9

[istvanzk]

Also for completness: I have tried to remove the com.apple.quarantine attribute with
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine arduino-cli
This did still not solve the error.

[istvanzk]

And a more positive update: I have removed the old binary (actually the latest v0.22) with rm arduino-cli and then re-run the installation with curl .... Magically, this did not fail and the output of the arduino-cli version was arduino-cli Version: 0.22.0 Commit: 65f662a7 Date: 2022-05-06T11:09:35Z
It seems like Mac OS quarantined the old binary (at some point) and later even after removing the com.apple.quarantine attribute from the new binary, somehow the binary was still treated as being the old. The rm command did magic :)

[per1234]

Thanks for taking the time to update the issue with your solution @istvanzk. I'm very glad that Arduino CLI is working for you now. I'll definitely keep this information in mind in case there are other reports of that "Killed: 9" error.