Prompt user to install Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon after `Authorization is Required to install the packages` error when installing
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Description
I get the error "Download failed: Authorization is required to install the packages" for a lot of packages I try to install. I am signed in to the AppStore and I couldn't find anything in the docs about this error.
Here's an example:
% mas install 453114608
==> Downloading JSON Helper for AppleScript
Error: Download failed: Authorization is required to install the packages
Any help/guidance is appreciated. Or maybe this is a bug or limitation? Thanks!
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported mas install 453114608 failure on Apple Silicon and trace how the CLI handles “Authorization is required to install the packages.” Use the issue title as the expected behavior: identify when Rosetta 2 is needed and prompt the user to install it, then verify the original installation path no longer gives only the authorization error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100