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Release binary missing companion deepseek-tui on macOS arm64 #258

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@whereiszebra

Description

When running the downloaded release binary deepseek-macos-arm64 on macOS
(Apple Silicon), the CLI immediately errors out because it cannot find a
required companion binary deepseek-tui.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Download the release binary deepseek-macos-arm64 from the GitHub Releases
    page
  2. Make it executable: chmod +x deepseek-macos-arm64
  3. Run: ./deepseek-macos-arm64

Expected behavior

The CLI launches successfully and enters the TUI interface.

Actual behavior

The following error is printed and the process exits immediately:

error: deepseek-tui binary not found at /path/to/deepseek-tui.
Build workspace default members to install it, or set DEEPSEEK_TUI_BIN to its
absolute path.

Environment

  • OS: macOS 15 (Darwin 25.3.0, Apple Silicon arm64)
  • DeepSeek CLI version: deepseek-macos-arm64 (downloaded from Releases)
  • Model: N/A (cannot launch)
  • Shell: zsh

Logs or screenshots

error: deepseek-tui binary not found at
/Users/mac/project/githubclone/dstui/deepseek-tui.
Build workspace default members to install it, or set DEEPSEEK_TUI_BIN to its
absolute path.

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