Background
PC: MacOS M1 core
Software: JetBrains DataSpell v.2023
Interpreter Environment:
- python 3.12 in conda virtual environment
- R 4.11 in
/usr/local/bin/R
# downloaded by homebrew
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# check R path
which R
# >>> /usr/local/bin/R
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Error
When setting R Interpreter in JetBrains DataSpell v.2023 on MacOS M1 core,
error RWrapper terminated, exitcode: 134
occuered.
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# Example usr_name=luckydog
Cannot run console
RWrapper terminated, exitcode: 134
rpath: RPaths(home=/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib/R,
share=/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib/R/share,
include=/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib/R/include,
doc=/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib/R/doc,
path=/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/bin:/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/condabin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/Users/luckydog/.cargo/bin, ldPath=/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib/R/lib:/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib:/Users/runner/miniforge3/conda-bld/r-base-split_1734433510517/_build_env/lib/jvm/lib/server)
stdout: stderr: /Applications/DataSpell.app/Contents/plugins/r-plugin/rwrapper-arm64-osx --with-timeout --crash-report-file /private/var/folders/qy/2mqk95_j71zdsf092yg78fsc0000gn/T/rwrapper-crash-report1736748538955.txt
dyld[43972]: Library not loaded: @library_path/libR.dylib Referenced from: 20FB2B40-38F5-3A10-8EBA-570B873BD1AE> /Applications/DataSpell.app/Contents/plugins/r-plugin/rwrapper-arm64-osx
Reason: tried: "/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib/R/lib/libR.dylib" (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have "x86_64", need "arm64e" or "arm64")), "/Users/luckydog/miniconda3/envs/datapreprocess/lib/libR.dylib" (no such file), "/Users/runner/miniforge3/conda-bld/r-base-split_1734433510517/_build_env/lib/jvm/lib/server/libR.dylib" (no such file), "/usr/lib/libR.dylib" (no such file, not in dyld cache)
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I noticed the sentence ‘mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have “x86_64”, need “arm64e” or “arm64”)’ in error report,
so I guess the architecture of packages are incompatible with my M1 PC.
Verification
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conda info
# >>> platform :osx-64 # intel
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2. verify R architecture
- (optional) set to launch R in terminal
add ’export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin:$PATH"’ in .zshrc file to add R execute path in global environment path and can launch R in terminal.
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R --version
# >>> platform intel
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Solution
1. Convert conda config from intel to arm architecture
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conda config --set subdir osx-arm64
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Then create new conda environment.
2. two ways to change R architecture,
one way is to change R architecture in base environment and set R interpreter path as /usr/local/bin/R
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one way is to download R through conda-forge in conda virtual environment and set R interpreter path as /Users/[usr_name]/miniconda3/envs/[env_name]/bin/R
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(1). download R arm architecture
R arm version download link, install and check R version in base environment again.
(2). install R through miniconda3/miniforge3
Insure miniconda3 changed the config in step 1;
miniforge3 install arm64 architecture in default.
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conda install -c conda-forge r-base r-essenrials
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3. Setting R interpreter in Dataspell
Interpreter settings-> R settings-> Project R Interpreter-> ‘/usr/local/bin/R’ or ‘/Users/[usr_name]/miniconda3/envs/[env_name]/bin/R’
Figure1. R interpreter setting API

Supplement:
I installed miniforge3 instead of miniconda3 before install R in virtual environment, so the path in figure 1 showed miniforge3 instead of miniconda3
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