R and Python on MacOS M4

I encountered both of these problems when installing AFNI

  • missing R packages (see rPkgsInstall)
  • python library matplotlib is required
    (see AFNI install docs for details)

This is the check message:

-------------------------------- general ---------------------------------
architecture: 64bit Mach-O
cpu type: arm64
system: Darwin
release: 24.1.0
version: Darwin Kernel Version 24.1.0: Thu Nov 14 18:19:02 PST 2024; root:xnu-11215.41.3~13/RELEASE_ARM64_T8132
distribution: 15.1.1
number of CPUs: 10
apparent login shell: zsh
shell RC file: .zshrc (exists)

--------------------- AFNI and related program tests ---------------------
which afni : /Users/Andy/abin/afni
afni version : Precompiled binary macos_13_ARM: Dec 24 2024
: AFNI_24.3.10 'Elagabalus'
AFNI_version.txt : AFNI_24.3.10, macos_13_ARM, 12 24 2024, buildAndy
which python : /opt/homebrew/opt/python/libexec/bin/python
python version : 3.13.1
which R : /usr/local/bin/R
R version : R version 4.3.1 (aarch64-apple-darwin20)

instances of various programs found in PATH:
afni : 1 (/Users/Andy/abin/afni)
R : 1 (/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-arm64/Resources/bin/R)
python : 1 (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13)
python2 : 0
python3 : 2
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/bin/python3.13
/usr/bin/python3

testing ability to start various programs...
afni : success
suma : success
3dSkullStrip : success
3dAllineate : success
3dRSFC : success
SurfMesh : success
3dClustSim : success
uber_subject.py : success
3dMVM : success

------------------------ dependent program tests -------------------------
checking for dependent programs...

which tcsh : /bin/tcsh
tcsh version : 6.21.00
which Xvfb : /opt/X11/bin/Xvfb

checking for R packages...
rPkgsInstall -pkgs ALL -check : FAILURE

    oo Warning: 
       These packages are not installed on the computer: afex!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: phia!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: snow!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: lme4!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: lmerTest!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: gamm4!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: paran!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: brms!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: corrplot!
    These packages are not installed on the computer: metafor!

R RHOME : /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources

------------------------------ python libs -------------------------------

** failed to load module matplotlib.pyplot
-- matplotlib.pyplot is required

** failed to load module flask
-- flask is not required, but is desirable

** failed to load module flask_cors
-- flask_cors is not required, but is desirable

-------------------------------- env vars --------------------------------
PATH = /Users/Andy/miniconda3/condabin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/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:/opt/X11/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/python/libexec/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/python/libexec/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/python/libexec/bin:/Users/Andy/abin:/opt/homebrew/opt/python/libexec/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/python/libexec/bin

PYTHONPATH =
R_LIBS = /Users/Andy/sw/R-3.6.3
LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (sub-shell) = :/opt/X11/lib/flat_namespace
DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH (sub-shell) =
CONDA_SHLVL = 0
CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV =
CC =

----------------------------- eval dot files -----------------------------

----------- AFNI $HOME files -----------

.afnirc                   : found
.sumarc                   : found
.afni/help/all_progs.COMP : found

--------- shell startup files ----------

-- good: .tcshrc seems to contain 'source .cshrc'
-- considered operations: path, apsearch

-- note: followers should not need edits, so edit flags should be 0
(have 1 follower(s), which can be ignored)

no modifications needed across 3 dot files

------------------------------ data checks -------------------------------
data dir : found AFNI_data6 under $HOME (471482M Avail)
top history: 08 Nov 2024 [rickr/ptaylor]: add afni/bad_scripts
data dir : found AFNI_demos under $HOME
top history: 07 Nov 2024 [rickr]: shrank AFNI_pamenc tree
data dir : found suma_demo under $HOME
top history: ...s_New/data/Build_tmp on Mon Mar 4 11:56:45 EST 2013
data dir : found afni_handouts under $HOME
atlas : found TT_N27+tlrc under /Users/Andy/abin

------------------------------ OS specific -------------------------------
XQuartz version : 2.8.5

which brew : /opt/homebrew/bin/brew
brew version : Homebrew 4.4.13

========================= summary, please fix: =========================

  • just be aware: login shell 'zsh', but our code examples use 'tcsh'
  • missing R packages (see rPkgsInstall)
  • python library matplotlib is required
    (see AFNI install docs for details)