Gradle Build Failure in Mac M1

[ihharsh]

Hey folks,
This is my first time getting into the open source community.
I have successfully installed the android code base in my local machine, but when i try to run the app, the gradle build fails saying
Could not resolve protoc-3.8.0-osx-aarch_64.exe (com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.8.0)

Can you please guide me regarding the same.

[adhiamboperes]

Hi @ihharsh, this typically happens if you skip the "Open using Rosetta" part of set up instructions to run bash scripts/setup.sh.

Here is how to go about it:

1. In the Finder app in your Mac, locate the Applications folder.
2. Right-click on your Terminal app and create a duplicate Terminal (and rename it accordingly, say Terminal Rosetta, to avoid confusion).
3. On the newly created Terminal Rosetta, right-click and select "Get info", and check the option "Open using Rosetta".
4. Open Terminal Rosetta and navigate to opensource/oppia-android/.
5. Finally, run bash scripts/setup.sh in this Terminal and all the required files should be generated. (You should see the message that "Added protobuf platform to local properties", etc)

[adhiamboperes]

Hey @ihharsh do mark this as answer if it worked, or tag me incase you have any questions.

[MohitGupta121]

@ihharsh Please if your query solved please mark as answer the above comment. So that it helpful to other in the community. Otherwise we have to mark this discussion as stale. If you have any query/doubt please feel free to ask in this thread.