Error while loading shared libraries: libblas.so.3: cannot dynamically load position-independent executable

[CodeNoob-SEU]

R in my conda environment was suddenly stuck when I was manipulating some big data. After restart R or Positron, I got this error.

And when I type R in the terminal (in the same conda). I got this error as title:
Error while loading shared libraries: libblas.so.3: cannot dynamically load position-independent executable.
Reinstalling R or openblas by "conda install -c conda-forge --force-reinstall "r-base=4.2.3" "libblas=*=*openblas"" did not work.

[nstrayer]

Thank you for posting about this issue! Since you're seeing the same error when running R directly in your terminal this is most likely an R/conda environment issue rather than a Positron-specific problem.

The error indicates a problem with how shared libraries are linked in your conda environment. Here are some troubleshooting steps you might try:

1. Check your conda environment integrity:

   conda activate <your-env-name>
   conda list | grep -E "r-base|blas|lapack"

2. Try reinstalling the complete R stack:

   conda remove r-base libblas liblapack --force
   conda install -c conda-forge r-base libblas liblapack

Related Issue

There's a related issue at #9239 about R installations via conda, though that one is Windows-specific. I'm not sure what operating system you're running but it may help to keep track of that issue.

If This Is Positron-Specific

If you find that R works fine in your terminal after following these steps but still has issues in Positron, please create a formal issue with:

• Your full system details (Positron version, Linux distribution, conda version)
• The output of R -e "R.home()" from your terminal
• The Positron R Language Pack logs (Output > R Language Pack)

Let us know how these troubleshooting steps go!