Just downloaded the Mac M1 version of IDEA CE, it ...

# intellij

[Peter]

Just downloaded the Mac M1 version of IDEA CE, it installs fine but it doesn't start. When I try to run it from command-line I can see:

NSLocalizedDescription=The bundle "OpenJDK 11.0.12" couldn't be loaded because it doesn't contain a version for the current architecture.}
2021-11-06 134138.760 idea[2292:43635] Retrying as x86_64...
arch: posix_spawnp: ./IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/MacOS/idea: Bad CPU type in executable

It seems that
• either it comes with an Intel JDK (when I thought it would come with a M1 Native JDK).
• somehow I downloaded the Intel version of IDEA (but then the install should also have failed ?)
Any tips from others ?

P.S I did install a JDK 11 Azul native JDK, but IDEA still tries to use the bundled JDK

[Peter]

Figured it out, actually the main IntelliJ download page is wrong and offers the same (Intel) installer for both Intel and ARM Mac downloads 😞

If someone from JetBrains monitors this channel, could you please fix this bug?

Workaround: if you go to https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/other.html instead, you can download the correct file.

[jimn]

how annoying is m1 development at this point in the timeline?

i was once an early java mac adopter https://github.com/jnorthrup/teraform-mvn/blob/fc9b36d757e5c2577c341654c102bc89bb27b00d/terraform_mvn.sh#L45

[hfhbd]

I cant reproduce it, both links (ce and ultimate) results into arm versions.

[Peter]

Perhaps we are looking at a different page? This is from the page https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ if you go down to the bottom and select MacOs Apple SiIicon from the dropdown.

These are the 2 HTML links from that download page and as you can see identical:

https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/download-thanks.html?platform=mac&code=IIC

https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/download-thanks.html?platform=mac&code=IIC

[Peter]

@jimn just started today, so bit too early to tell. But will post a small writeup after I have transferred some of my projects and worked on them for a few days.

[hfhbd]

@Peter Yeah, you are right. If you click on the download button on the upper right you get the correct download page 😄

[Alexey Belkov [JB]]

Thank you, I have reported a (private) issue, probably we will fix this soon.

[Peter]

👍great, thanks