Bad CPU type in executable

[Zak]

Can anyone help sort this out?

dynare test

Configuring Dynare …
[mex] Generalized QZ.
[mex] Sylvester equation solution.
[mex] Kronecker products.
[mex] Sparse kronecker products.
[mex] Bytecode evaluation.
[mex] k-order perturbation solver.
[mex] k-order solution simulation.

/bin/bash: /Applications/Dynare/4.2.5/matlab/dynare_m: Bad CPU type in executable

Error using dynare (line 114)
DYNARE: preprocessing failed

[Zak]

@jpfeifer any thoughts? thanks

[jpfeifer]

Are you on a Mac? If yes,

Error in CMR(2014) (using macOS Catalina (10.15) )

macOS 10.15 no longer supports 32-bit binaries. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436 Apple’s transition to 64-bit technology is now complete. Starting with macOS Catalina, 32-bit apps are no longer compatible with macOS. If you have a 32-bit app, please check with the app developer for a 64-bit version. The first 64-bit preprocessor we distributed on macOS was in Dynare 4.5.0. Older preprocessors were distributed as 32-bit in the official Dynare packages. You can either recompile an…

[Zak]

Thanks a lot @jpfeifer. Following the advice here is how I sorted it out. I downloaded dynare 4.5.0, cut the preprocessor file, and replaced the one in my Dynare 4.6.1. Worked awesome !