# Facing issues while installing fdb 7.1.5 v on M1 mac

**URL:** <https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/facing-issues-while-installing-fdb-7-1-5-v-on-m1-mac/3463>\
**Category:** Using FoundationDB\
**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/facing-issues-while-installing-fdb-7-1-5-v-on-m1-mac/3463 "2022-07-21T17:34:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/facing-issues-while-installing-fdb-7-1-5-v-on-m1-mac/3463/1 "2022-07-21T17:34:51Z")

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On M1 mac, fdb server is not coming up with 7.1.5 v. I see in other thread([Building foundationdb source code in Macos Big Sur M1 chip](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/building-foundationdb-source-code-in-macos-big-sur-m1-chip/2799)), fdb is not compatible with M1 mac. Though I was able to install & run 6.x version on M1 mac, getting below error with 7.1.5 v. Any work around for this?

fdbcli  
**zsh: illegal hardware instruction fdbcli**

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**Author:** ![stephensweet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/stephensweet/32/1446_2.png) [@stephensweet](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/stephensweet)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/facing-issues-while-installing-fdb-7-1-5-v-on-m1-mac/3463/2 "2022-10-18T22:41:22Z")

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Hi, im getting this for M2 chip, did you ever resolve?

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**Author:** ![andrew.noyes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/andrew.noyes/32/443_2.png) [@andrew.noyes](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/andrew.noyes)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/facing-issues-while-installing-fdb-7-1-5-v-on-m1-mac/3463/3 "2022-10-19T00:26:38Z")

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Maybe rosetta 2 doesn’t handle avx instructions. Try a release built without avx? e.g. 7.1.6 ([Releases · apple/foundationdb · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases?page=4))

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**Author:** ![danm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/danm/32/1393_2.png) [@danm](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/danm)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/facing-issues-while-installing-fdb-7-1-5-v-on-m1-mac/3463/4 "2022-10-20T10:08:22Z")

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This is the answer. Qemu and Rosetta both don’t handle AVX, so you can’t run an odd-numbered FDB release on an M1 Mac natively, or even in a Docker container configured as x86 (which uses Qemu under the hood). Use an even-numbered release.