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macOS x64 error during installation: Bad CPU type in executable #1747

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Actual behavior

During a possible fix to #1737, it was found that there are further issues in the macOS x64 installer.
When running setup, the installation fails providing the following output:

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line 13: ./bin/ideasy: Bad CPU type in executable

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On a macOS x64 machine, download and install:

https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/com/devonfw/tools/IDEasy/ide-cli/2026.03.001-SNAPSHOT/ide-cli-2026.03.001-20260313.031102-7-mac-x64.tar.gz

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The installation should proceed without any errors.

IDEasy status

`ide -p status` can't be used as the installation failed.

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