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latest bazel does not work

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Since Apr 8, 2026.

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I just installed bazel and wanted to install ift-encoder, but I got this error:

ollimeier@9165ebd3-202f-46ce-b652-32d85ac2bfd9 ift-encoder % bazel build ...   
ERROR: The project you're trying to build requires Bazel 8.5.1 (specified in /Users/ollimeier/Documents/hithub_data/ollimeier/ift-encoder/.bazelversion), but it wasn't found in /opt/homebrew/Cellar/bazel/9.0.1/libexec/bin.

Bazel binaries for all official releases can be downloaded from here:
  https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases

You can download the required version directly using this command:
  (cd "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/bazel/9.0.1/libexec/bin" && curl -fLO https://releases.bazel.build/8.5.1/release/bazel-8.5.1-darwin-arm64 && chmod +x bazel-8.5.1-darwin-arm64 && cd - )

I was able to install ift-encoder with the downgraded version of bazel, but I thought you might be interested into the information anyway.

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