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#1537 Mac on Apple silicon prompts to install Rosetta

Milestone: SQuirreL

Status: open

Owner: nobody

Labels: None

Priority: medium

Updated: 2026-01-23

Created: 2025-12-12

Creator: Garth

Private: No

I have downloaded the mac installer jar, run it, and then attempted to run the installed application from /Applications/ dir. This prompts me to install Rosetta, as it somehow thinks that it is executing an intel native binary.
When I download the "plain" zip, I have no problem running it without a prompt to install Rosetta.
I think the issue is that the layout of the installed package is not what apple is expecting, and causes it to find or think it has found an intel executable.

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Gerd Wagner - 2026-01-23

Sorry, I can't reproduce your problem on my MacBook Pro. Here are some things you may check:

Make sure at least Java JDK 17 is installed on your Mac. Possible downloads are
https://javaalmanac.io/jdk/download/#product=temurin&version=17&type=all&platform=macos-x64
or
https://javaalmanac.io/jdk/download/#product=temurin&version=17&type=all&platform=macos-arm64
depending from your Mac.

Make sure to use SQuirreL's Mac-Installer jar. The one for the latest snapshot can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql/files/3-snapshots/snapshot-20260118_2019/squirrel-sql-snapshot-20260118_2019-MACOSX-install.jar/download

For me double clicking this installer jar installed SQuirreL without any problem.
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