Cannot execute cardano-cli node key-gen on air gapped machine

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Hi all,

I am trying to execute this command on my air-gapped machine (raspberry pi) using Coin Cashews: How to build a Cardano Stake Pool guide.

Command:
cardano-cli node key-gen
–cold-verification-key-file node.vkey
–cold-signing-key-file node.skey
–operational-certificate-issue-counter node.counter

I am receiving the error message of “cannot execute binary file: Exec format error”

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Why would this be the case? Would this be because I am trying to run a file that is only supported on an x86_64 architecture on an ARM architecture? Or could this just be due to permissions?

Thanks everyone for your time!

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The former. To run cardano-cli on arm64, you’ll need an executable that is compiled for that architecture, which is inherently difficult because of cabal compatibility issues. Luckily, we have good support for arm64 here.

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Alternatively, you could just copy the arm64 cardano-cli 1.27.0 binaries from here, unzip, and move over to your Pi’s /usr/local/bin.

Should give you cardano-cli commands.

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