Ubuntu VM on MacBook M1 - dfx install - unknown CPU type: aarch64

If you want native aarch64 Linux support, you can try out Introducing ic-nix, a ready made, cross-platform, and bleeding edge dev environment!. The recent build 20230704 has pre-compiled binary for both aarch64 darwin and linux.

If you already have nix installed, it is as easy as one command to launch into a shell with dfx and all other tools:

nix-shell https://github.com/ninegua/ic-nix/releases/download/20230704/dfx-env.tar.gz
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