RStudio Opens from DMG but Not from Applications Folder on Mac

xmgu · October 23, 2023, 1:05pm

Issue:

I've installed RStudio (Version 2023.09.1+494) on my Mac. However, I got Error Starting R by clicking on the RStudio icon in the Applications folder. Strangely, if I use the DMG file, it opens without any issues, but this is not a convenient way to use the software.

System information:

RStudio version 2023.09.1+494
R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16)
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin20 (64-bit)
Running under: macOS Ventura 13.4
Chip: Apple M2

Attempted steps taken to fix:

Uninstalled and reinstalled R and RStudio from https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/.
Tried this solution "move the application and define a symbolic link" but it didn't fix.

Got error:

mv: rename rsession to rsession-x86: No such file or directory

Thank you in advance for your help!

Problem report when launching RStudio:

R Session Startup Failure Report

RStudio Version

RStudio 2023.09.1+494 "Desert Sunflower " (cd7011dc, 2023-10-16) for macOS

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) RStudio/2023.09.1+494 Chrome/116.0.5845.190 Electron/26.2.4 Safari/537.36

Error message

[No error available]

Process Output

The R session exited with code 1.

Error output:

dyld[60221]: terminating because inserted dylib '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' could not be loaded: tried: '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.18+10/Contents/Home/lib/server/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/var/folders/3_/r484z5y91zq43lgq9prly55w0000gn/T/rstudio-fallback-library-path-1348011923/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-arm64/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-arm64/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-arm64/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.18+10/Contents/Home/lib/server/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/var/folders/3_/r484z5y91zq43lgq9prly55w0000gn/T/rstudio-fallback-library-path-1348011923/libR.dylib' (no such file)
dyld[60221]: tried: '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.18+10/Contents/Home/lib/server/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/var/folders/3_/r484z5y91zq43lgq9prly55w0000gn/T/rstudio-fallback-library-path-1348011923/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-arm64/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-arm64/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-arm64/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libR.dylib' (mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'arm64', need 'x86_64')), '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.18+10/Contents/Home/lib/server/libR.dylib' (no such file), '/var/folders/3_/r484z5y91zq43lgq9prly55w0000gn/T/rstudio-fallback-library-path-1348011923/libR.dylib' (no such file)

Standard output:

[No output emitted]

technocrat · October 23, 2023, 6:22pm

Are you Intel or Silicon?

xmgu · October 23, 2023, 7:31pm

Chip: Apple M2
Thanks!!

technocrat · October 23, 2023, 8:14pm

Is your system managed by an IT department?

xmgu · October 24, 2023, 9:08am

No, it's my own system.

technocrat · October 24, 2023, 10:03am

I've been running an earlier version of RStudio, due to uneasiness about updating, but just installed RStudio/2023.09.1+494 to see if something had changed to make that oddball location appear, but the newer version didn't add anything there. Flailing—did you install as an administrator (root)?

xmgu · October 27, 2023, 9:52am

Thank you for your investigation!
I installed the R as an admin. For RStudio, it's an application (DMG file) so I just dragged it into the Applications folder.

technocrat · October 27, 2023, 10:03am

Ok, so is R in your $PATH? Can you open from terminal?

xmgu · October 27, 2023, 10:31am

Yes. In terminal which R returns /usr/local/bin/R. I can start R from the terminal.

technocrat · October 27, 2023, 7:21pm

Ok, another one bites the dust. How does this compare from .local/share/rstudio. Check the dates?

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.rw-r--r--@  11k ro 27 Oct 02:13 addin_registry
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 bibliography-index
drwxr-xr-x@    - ro 27 Oct 02:40 client-state
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 26 Jun 01:23 content_urls
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 21 Feb  2022 ctx
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 explorer-cache
.rw-r--r--@ 196k ro 27 Oct 03:00 history_database
.rw-r--r--@ 768k ro 21 Oct 01:25 history_database.1
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 12 Feb  2022 jobs
drwxrwxrwx     - ro 26 Oct 14:40 log
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 monitored
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 14 Jun  2022 notebooks
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 30 Jun  2022 pcs
.rw-r--r--   597 ro 21 Feb  2022 persistent-state
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 presentation
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 profiles-cache
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  9 Jul 01:42 projects
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 20 Feb  2022 projects_settings
.rw-r--r--     5 ro 30 Jun  2022 rmd-outputs
.rw-------@  782 ro 26 Oct 00:17 rstudio-desktop.json
srwxr-xr-x@    0 ro 26 Oct 00:16 rstudio.socket
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 rversion-settings
.rw-r--r--    27 ro 30 Jun  2022 saved_source_markers
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 sessions
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 30 Jun  2022 sources
drwxr-xr-x     - ro  1 Feb  2022 tutorial
drwx------     - ro  1 Feb  2022 viewer-cache
drwxr-xr-x     - ro 21 Feb  2022 viewer_history

system · November 17, 2023, 7:21pm

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