build or install on Apple M1

[llaenowyd]

Meta:

CircleCI CLI Version:
latest

Operating System:
BigSur

CircleCI CLI Diagnostic:
Following brew instructions:

Last 15 lines from /Users/collin/Library/Logs/Homebrew/circleci/01.make:
2021-02-21 10:03:26 -0500

make
pack

bash .circleci/pack.sh
make: *** [pack] Error 1

Following alternative installation method:

% curl -fLSs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli/master/install.sh | bash
Starting installation.
Installing CircleCI CLI v0.1.14966
Installing to /Volumes/T7/bin/circleci
An error occured installing the tool.
The contents of the directory /var/folders/vx/zz3mf6ys7dl76ystc7jwqynm0000gn/T/tmp.iRcDaIbA have been left in place to help to debug the issue.

but

%file /var/folders/vx/zz3mf6ys7dl76ystc7jwqynm0000gn/T/tmp.iRcDaIbA/circleci
/var/folders/vx/zz3mf6ys7dl76ystc7jwqynm0000gn/T/tmp.iRcDaIbA/circleci: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

and

% /var/folders/vx/zz3mf6ys7dl76ystc7jwqynm0000gn/T/tmp.iRcDaIbA/circleci version  
0.1.14966+1cd24ae (release)

Looks like a scripting problem in both cases TBH, possibly not directly due to the cpu arch?

[gmemstr]

@llaenowyd What does install --help return on your machine? I don't think this is related to the CPU arch, and judging by the output this is the last step it attempted before erroring out.

[llaenowyd]

That's clarifying - if it's intended to be run with elevated privilege, I didn't realize.

% bash ./install.sh --help
Starting installation.
Installing CircleCI CLI v0.1.15108
Installing to /usr/local/bin
install: /usr/local/bin: Permission denied
An error occured installing the tool.
The contents of the directory /var/folders/vx/zz3mf6ys7dl76ystc7jwqynm0000gn/T/tmp.2QIiGC4J have been left in place to help to debug the issue.

and

% ls /usr/local/bin/
ls: /usr/local/bin/: No such file or directory

[gmemstr]

@llaenowyd My bad - install is a command run within the install script to move the files to the correct place, which I believe is built-in to macOS. We do note the requirement for elevated privs here: https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli#install-script

Unfortunately, I don't know for sure why the brew step is failing -- I don't currently have a mac to test it with.

[llaenowyd]

Oh I did not know that, ok. I'm discovering that homebrew introduces more variables with arm64 support - somewhat averse to using it until there's an "all good for m1" announcement, and as of now, nothing is installed with it:

% brew list
%

% install --help
install: illegal option -- -
usage: install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
               [-o owner] file1 file2
       install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
               [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory
       install -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ...

% file `which install`
/usr/bin/install: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64] [arm64e:Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64e]
/usr/bin/install (for architecture x86_64):	Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/bin/install (for architecture arm64e):	Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64e

[fkztw]

Encountered this same problem on MacBook with M1 chip.
I can confirm that sudo bash ./install.sh did successfully install circleci with Mach-O x86_64 binary format for me and it works on my MacBook with M1 chip.

$ file /usr/local/bin/circleci
/usr/local/bin/circleci: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

The reason why brew install circleci failed is that no pre-compiled bottle could be found.
(Check this PR which is labeled with no ARM bottle: Homebrew/homebrew-core#76657)

Follow the suggestion in error message and use brew install --build-from-source circleci to install circleci still got the error below:

2021-05-25 23:37:25 +0800

make
pack

bash .circleci/pack.sh
make: *** [pack] Error 1

After tracing the source code, I think the problem is that Homebrew Formula use make pack before building the binary: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/70c30cc5a55029f0c5d774e314005cd68a370030/Formula/circleci.rb#L32
which execute bash .circleci/pack.sh
Take a look at .circleci/pack.sh:

circleci-cli/.circleci/pack.sh

Lines 15 to 32 in 605a617

	function get_arch_type() {
	if [[ $(uname -m) == "i686" ]]; then
	echo "386"
	elif [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then
	echo "amd64"
	fi
	}
	function get_arch_base() {
	if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
	echo "linux"
	elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
	echo "darwin"
	fi
	}
	ARCH="$(get_arch_base)_$(get_arch_type)"
	CMD="bin/$ARCH/packr2"

The values of uname -a and $OSTYPE for my MacBook with M1 chip:

$ uname -m
arm64

$ echo $OSTYPE
darwin20.0

This make the value of CMD become bin/darwin_/packr2 which causes the problem.

[nandahkrishna]

Hello, Homebrew maintainer here. When Homebrew/homebrew-core#79094 is merged, CircleCI CLI will be bottled (available via binary package) on ARM. We prefer using Homebrew formulae over vendored dependencies and in this case, that seemed to be the solution to getting CircleCI CLI built on M1.

I had some issues getting packr to work as intended and finally did manage to, but I thought I'd ask here if you'd be willing to move away from packr. The project doesn't seem to be actively maintained and there's a note in the README pointing to a replacement (see: README, gobuffalo/packr#252 and gobuffalo/packr#253).

Thanks!

[kelvintaywl]

hello @llaenowyd , did you have any luck recently on this? 🤓

I just wanted to mention that I am now able to install the CircleCI CLI via homebrew on Apple M1 successfully.

➜  ~ brew install circleci
==> Homebrew is run entirely by unpaid volunteers. Please consider donating:
  https://github.com/Homebrew/brew#donations
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 1 tap (homebrew/core).
==> Updated Formulae
Updated 1 formula.

==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/circleci/manifests/0.1.15932
Already downloaded: /Users/kelvin/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/317ae4b4bacac9e9eb695531554cf923068b178cd728f2dc3a11eab426776215--circleci-0.1.15932.bottle_manifest.json
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/circleci/blobs/sha256:28b702cac
Already downloaded: /Users/kelvin/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/42e9e1378ee3eabea6d2649d4c9d9eff255c8cc85b2a0f465fafe6fe329828df--circleci--0.1.15932.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring circleci--0.1.15932.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
zsh completions have been installed to:
  /opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions
==> Summary
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/circleci/0.1.15932: 7 files, 14.2MB


➜  ~ circleci version

0.1.15932+3471602 (homebrew)

[abdelDriowya]

Closing as there's no answer from OP