Successfully build Edge Browser in RPI4 AUR repo but can't execute the binary file in /opt/microsoft/msedge

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Using RPI 4, I’ve built and installed Microsoft Edge Browser from AUR repo AUR (en) - microsoft-edge-dev-bin. I’ve only modified arch=(‘aarch64’) in the build file and it completed the built but when I lauch the program, it says it can’t execute the binary file in /opt/microsoft/msedge

I don’t know why?

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It is binary for amd64 platform, not aarch64.

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I did modify the build file to target aarch64 architecture and it did built through completely on RPI 4. it should built it for RPI 4

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Yes, it should build, but you can’t run it because wrong architecture.

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This line in the package build script shows it downloads the amd64 variant from Microsoft servers…

source=("https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/pool/main/m/$_pkgname/${_pkgname}_$pkgver-${_uprel}_amd64.deb"

Not sure if there is an ARM64 variant at all…

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that makes senses. thanks

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To clarify this a bit.

While the package can be installed on an aarch64 based system, by adding aarch64 to the arch=() line, the PKGBUILD does not countain a build() step, which means that all the package is doing is actually repackaging a prebuilt binary.

In this case, the x86_64 version of Microsoft Edge. Makepkg does not care what architecture it’s for, it will happily package it up, no matter what. It’s just another file to it.

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there aarch64 Edge version somewhere, have had install Win11 on Pi4 successfully.