Zsh: Bad Cpu Type in Executable: Node
I Have Installed Nvm Using Brew. After That, I Installed Node Version of 16 Through Nvm and Check the Current Version Using Node -v to See Whether the Node Is...
I have installed nvm using brew. After that, I installed node version of 16 through nvm and check the current version using node -v to see whether the node is working properly. However, when I install version 14 or any other previous versions and runs node -v, it gives this "zsh: bad CPU type in executable: node" message and I have no idea what to do about this, though, installing node v17 and running node -v works as expected. Below are the snippet of the said commands.
1 Answer
This is CPU related issue. It seems that your MacBook Air's CPU is Apple Silicon (M1).
You need update node version architecture on NVM.
softwareupdate --install-rosetta
Further details can be founded on NVM doc, "Macs with M1 chip" section.
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