Arduino Nano cannot compile due to not containing "avr-g++"

Official Hardware Nano Family Classic Nano
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Hello, I'm very much a beginner when it comes to using complicated technology of any sort, so please be patient with me!

I'm trying to get my arduino nano to work on my Mac OS Monterey Version 12.4. I installed the FTDI driver needed for it to work, according to what I saw online, but it still does not compile. When I go to try and compile just the void setup and loop functions with nothing inside, I get this error message:

Arduino: 1.8.19 (Mac OS X), Board: "Arduino Nano, ATmega328P"

fork/exec /Users/(my account name)/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avr-gcc/7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino7/bin/avr-g++: no such file or directory
Error compiling for board Arduino Nano.

The closest thing I could find on the forum help center was the error message for importing incorrect libraries, but since it's just empty code, I don't think that's the issue. Could anybody please help and tell me what this means, and how I fix it?

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I'm not a Mac user.

avr-g++ is the compiler that creates the 'executable'. It's not involved in uploading so drivers are not important for this.

Your installation is incomplete for unknown reason. I suggest that you uninstall the IDE, dowliad a new copy and install that.