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Mac osx 12.3 - M1 max chip

nvm debug output:

nvm --version: v0.39.3
$TERM_PROGRAM: iTerm.app
$SHELL: /bin/zsh
$SHLVL: 1
whoami: 'me'
${HOME}: /Users/me
${NVM_DIR}: '${HOME}/.nvm'
${PATH}: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v18.14.0/bin:${HOME}/tools/current_jdk/bin:${HOME}//tools:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-getopt/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-indent/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:${HOME}/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts
$PREFIX: ''
${NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX}: ''
$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
$NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
shell version: 'zsh 5.8 (x86_64-apple-darwin21.0)'
uname -a: 'Darwin 21.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.4.0: <timestamp removed> arm64 arm Darwin'
checksum binary: 'sha256sum'
OS version: macOS 12.3 21E230
awk: /opt/homebrew/bin/awk, GNU Awk 5.2.1, API 3.2, (GNU MPFR 4.1.0-p13, GNU MP 6.2.1)
curl: /usr/bin/curl, curl 7.79.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin21.0) libcurl/7.79.1 (SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.5 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.45.1
wget: /opt/homebrew/bin/wget, GNU Wget 1.21.3 built on darwin21.3.0.
sed: /opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin/sed
cut: /opt/homebrew/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/cut
basename: /opt/homebrew/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/basename
rm: /opt/homebrew/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/rm
mkdir: /opt/homebrew/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin/mkdir
xargs: /opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin/xargs
git: /usr/bin/git, git version 2.32.1 (Apple Git-133)
ls: cannot access 'grep:': No such file or directory
grep: grep: aliased to grep --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn,.idea,.tox} (grep --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn,.idea,.tox}), grep (GNU grep) 3.8
nvm current: v18.14.0
which node: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v18.14.0/bin/node
which iojs: iojs not found
which npm: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v18.14.0/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v18.14.0
npm root -g: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v18.14.0/lib/node_modules

nvm ls output:

        v17.9.1
->     v18.14.0
default -> 17 (-> v17.9.1)
iojs -> N/A (default)
unstable -> N/A (default)
node -> stable (-> v18.14.0) (default)
stable -> 18.14 (-> v18.14.0) (default)
lts/* -> lts/hydrogen (-> v18.14.0)
lts/argon -> v4.9.1 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.17.1 (-> N/A)
lts/carbon -> v8.17.0 (-> N/A)
lts/dubnium -> v10.24.1 (-> N/A)
lts/erbium -> v12.22.12 (-> N/A)
lts/fermium -> v14.21.2 (-> N/A)
lts/gallium -> v16.19.0 (-> N/A)
lts/hydrogen -> v18.14.0

How did you install nvm?

install script in readme

What steps did you perform?

nvm install 18

What happened?

Probably easiest to just show the output:

Downloading and installing node v18.14.0...
Local cache found: ${NVM_DIR}/.cache/bin/node-v18.14.0-darwin-arm64/node-v18.14.0-darwin-arm64.tar.xz
Checksums match! Using existing downloaded archive ${NVM_DIR}/.cache/bin/node-v18.14.0-darwin-arm64/node-v18.14.0-darwin-arm64.tar.xz
tar (child): xz: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
mv: cannot stat '/Users/me/.nvm/.cache/bin/node-v18.14.0-darwin-arm64/files/*': No such file or directory
Binary download failed, trying source.
Clang v3.5+ detected! CC or CXX not specified, will use Clang as C/C++ compiler!
Local cache found: ${NVM_DIR}/.cache/src/node-v18.14.0/node-v18.14.0.tar.xz
Checksums match! Using existing downloaded archive ${NVM_DIR}/.cache/src/node-v18.14.0/node-v18.14.0.tar.xz
tar (child): xz: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
nvm: install v18.14.0 failed!

As I note below, I am using https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gnu-tar instead of the mac built-in version. If I un-comment the line for adding gnu-tar to my path nvm works as expected.

So I'm not blocked by this anymore since I only install new node versions... rarely. Wanted to bring it up since I didn't notice this in other issues.

output of tar --version (truncated license stuff): tar (GNU tar) 1.34

What did you expect to happen?

Install works with no errors

Is there anything in any of your profile files that modifies the PATH?

.zshrc does, notably export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" to add gnu-tar to the path instead of the default tar.

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