Radian reports a different BLAS version from R

[tomshafer]

This is with R 4.5.0. I use OpenBLAS:

libRblas.dylib -> /opt/homebrew/opt/openblas/lib/libopenblas.dylib

• Running sessionInfo() with R --no-save gives: BLAS: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/openblas/0.3.29/lib/libopenblasp-r0.3.29.dylib
• Running sessionInfo() with radian gives: BLAS: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib

I'd expect them to be the same. 🤷🏻

[randy3k]

Can you also report radian --version?

[tomshafer]

$ radian --version
radian version: 0.6.13
r executable: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R
r version: 4.5.0
python executable: /Users/tom.shafer/.local/share/uv/tools/radian/bin/python
python version: 3.12.9

[randy3k]

Sorry for the late reply. Um, it is strange, in 0.6.13, I have explicitly forced R to import libRblas.dylib first. Just want to confirm that /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libRblas.dylib is pointing to /opt/homebrew/Cellar/openblas/0.3.29/lib/libopenblasp-r0.3.29.dylib?

[randy3k]

Oh, I was wrong. It wasn't in v0.6.13. I have just pushed v0.6.14, it should include that change.

[matthewberryman]

0.6.14 is broken with homebrew R:

matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> pipx install radian==0.6.13
  installed package radian 0.6.13, installed using Python 3.13.3
  These apps are now globally available
    - radian
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> radian
R version 4.5.0 (2025-04-11) -- "How About a Twenty-Six"
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin24.2.0 (64-bit)

r$>

matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> pipx uninstall radian
uninstalled radian! ✨ 🌟 ✨
matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> pipx install radian==0.6.14
  installed package radian 0.6.14, installed using Python 3.13.3
  These apps are now globally available
    - radian
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> radian
dyld[35352]: terminating because inserted dylib '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRblas.dylib' could not be loaded: tried: '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRblas.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRblas.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRblas.dylib' (no such file)
dyld[35352]: tried: '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRblas.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRblas.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRblas.dylib' (no such file)
fish: Job 1, 'radian' terminated by signal SIGABRT (Abort)

[matthewberryman]

matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> pipx install radian==0.6.13
  installed package radian 0.6.13, installed using Python 3.13.3
  These apps are now globally available
    - radian
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> radian
sessR version 4.5.0 (2025-04-11) -- "How About a Twenty-Six"
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin24.2.0 (64-bit)

r$> sessionInfo()
R version 4.5.0 (2025-04-11)
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin24.2.0
Running under: macOS Sequoia 15.5

Matrix products: default
BLAS:   /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
LAPACK: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRlapack.dylib;  LAPACK version 3.12.1

locale:
[1] en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/C/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8

time zone: Australia/Adelaide
tzcode source: internal

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.5.0

[matthewberryman]

The issue with radian on homebrew R I was experiencing is resolved by 8e02090 :

matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> pipx install radian==0.6.15
  installed package radian 0.6.15, installed using Python 3.13.3
  These apps are now globally available
    - radian
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
matthew@MacBookPro /o/h/C/r/4/l/R/lib (stable)> radian
R version 4.5.0 (2025-04-11) -- "How About a Twenty-Six"
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin24.2.0 (64-bit)

r$> sessionInfo()
R version 4.5.0 (2025-04-11)
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin24.2.0
Running under: macOS Sequoia 15.5

Matrix products: default
BLAS:   /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
LAPACK: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/r/4.5.0/lib/R/lib/libRlapack.dylib;  LAPACK version 3.12.1

locale:
[1] en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/C/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8

time zone: Australia/Adelaide
tzcode source: internal

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.5.0

Thanks for the quick and successful fix @randy3k !