Macos m1 pro build

[StringNick]

Hey, i am trying to build on macos 15.5 zen from sources, and receive error :

 3:51.05 ld64.lld: error: Invalid summary version 12. Version should be in the range [1-10].
 3:51.05 ld64.lld: error: Invalid summary version 12. Version should be in the range [1-10].

which ld
/usr/bin/ld

so, is anyone here build on apple silicon, do u have any issues with that?

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @StringNick! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the desktop team.

Yes, others have hit this exact linker error on Apple Silicon, and there’s a confirmed fix. The problem is caused by a mismatch between the linker/toolchain versions and the binaries being built. The community has shared a workflow that resolves it on M1/M2/M4 Macs. Here’s the approach that worked for multiple users:

1. Install dependencies via Homebrew:
   brew install git nvm pyenv rustup-init sccache p7zip

2. Set up your environment for nvm and Rust’s sccache (add to your .zshrc):

   export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
   export NVM_HOMEBREW=true
   [ -s "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" ] && . "/opt/homebrew/opt/nvm/nvm.sh"
   export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
   export RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache
   

3. Clone the repo with submodules:
   git clone git@github.com:{YOUR_NAME}/desktop.git --recurse-submodules --depth 10

4. Install the Rust toolchain version used by the project:
   rustup toolchain install 1.82 && rustup default 1.82

5. Install Node and Python versions as specified in the repo:
   nvm install
pyenv install

6. Install project dependencies and build:

   npm install
   npm run init
   python3 ./scripts/update_en_US_packs.py
   npm run build
   npm start
   

This workflow has been confirmed to resolve the linker error for others on Apple Silicon see details and user confirmations.

There are a couple of other Apple Silicon-specific build quirks:

• If you hit a build failure about a missing TestAUSHelper file, you can work around it by deleting the related lines from toolkit/mozapps/update/tests/Makefile.in see workaround.
• If you see issues related to Profile Guided Optimization (PGO), try disabling PGO for non-release builds.

If you follow the workflow above and still see issues, double-check that all your toolchain versions match what’s specified in the repo and that your environment variables are set as shown. Apple Silicon support is improving, so it’s worth checking for updates to the workflow or docs as well.

To reply, just mention @dosu.

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[vraravam]

@dosu - could you please create a unix shell script using zsh as the shell to sciptify the above stepss so that it becomes an executable script? The end result should be a dmg file that's generated. Please bypass the signing aspect of the resulting dmg.