Hello Team I desperatly trying to install rancher ...
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Hello Team I desperatly trying to install rancher desktop on my mac M1 I download rancher from here https://rancherdesktop.io/ (this first link Download for macOS (Apple Silicon) Then i opened it I have this error
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Error: /Applications/Rancher <http://Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl|Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl> exited with code 1
Last command run: /Applications/Rancher Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl start --tty=false /Users/my username/Library/Application Support/rancher-desktop/lima/_config/0.yaml
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Error: /Applications/Rancher <http://Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl|Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl> exited with code 1
'/Users/my username here/Library/Application Support/rancher-desktop/lima/_config/0.yaml'
  ],
  stdout: '',
  stderr: 'time="2025-10-21T09:09:52-04:00" level=info msg="Terminal is not available, proceeding without opening an editor"\n' +
    'time="2025-10-21T09:09:52-04:00" level=fatal msg="instance name \\"0\\" too long: \\"/Users/my username /Library/Application Support/rancher-desktop/lima/0/ssh.sock.1234567890123456\\" must be less than UNIX_PATH_MAX=104 characters, but is 114"\n',
  code: 1,
  signal: undefined,
  [Symbol(child-process.command)]: '/Applications/Rancher <http://Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl|Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl> start --tty=false /Users/my username here/Library/Application Support/rancher-desktop/lima/_config/0.yaml'
}
w
#C0200L1N1MM probably is a better spot, but also https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/issues/4482
m
thank you soo much