9.6 installation, macos - Unable to install JQt binaries.

Godfrey

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Aug 1, 2025, 1:30:47 AM8/1/25

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load 'pacman'

'install' jpkg '*'

Installing JQt binaries...

gzip: unknown compression format

tar: Child returned status 1

tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Unable to install JQt binaries.

check that you have write permission for:

/users/myusid/j9.6/bin

Anyone have the same problem?

bill lam

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Aug 1, 2025, 8:59:44 AM8/1/25

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No problem on macos 15.5.
what is the version of you macos?

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Godfrey

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i am with macOS Version 13.5.2 arm64

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bill lam

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Aug 1, 2025, 9:41:40 AM8/1/25

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Mine Macbook is M1. I suspect tar in older version of MacOS can not
handle some tar tag created by gnu tar.

Godfrey

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Aug 2, 2025, 2:48:51 AM8/2/25

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It works now.

I am using nix on this macos, and nix use an older version of tar 1.35. After I fixed the $PATH to use an updated version of tar (the macos one). The installation went through.

Thanks Bill for your help.

JVERSION

Engine: j9.6.3/j64arm/darwin

Build: commercial/2025-04-05T16:34:55/clang-15-0-0/SLEEF=1

Library: 9.6.14

Qt IDE: 2.5.10/6.8.2(6.8.2)

OS Ver: macOS Ventura (13.5) 22.6.0

Platform: Darwin 64

Installer: j9.6 install

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