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R: Use faster vecLib
These code snippets have been tested on R 3.1.0 and Mac OS 10.9.3. They presumably do *not* work on R 2.X!
## Enter these commands in the Mac OS Terminal
# use faster vecLib library
cd /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib
ln -sf /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/Current/libBLAS.dylib libRblas.dylib
# return to default settings
cd /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib
ln -sf libRblas.0.dylib libRblas.dylib
# R script for benchmarking:
# http://r.research.att.com/benchmarks/R-benchmark-25.R
# On 2011 Macbook Pro (2.7 GHz Core i7): 43 sec. (Rblas) vs. 9 sec. (vecLib)
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After following the commands:

use faster vecLib library

cd /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib ln -sf /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/Current/libBLAS.dylib libRblas.dylib

Rstudio in my macOS (Monterey, version 12.0.1) is not working. I got the following error:

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Could you please give your kind suggestions regarding this issue?

cuz macOS 12.0.1 has removed libBLAS.dylib from /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/Current/

so another way to speed up matrix calculation in R is use openblas

so if Homebrew has been installed in your Mac, pls try:

brew tap homebrew/science
brew install openblas

then check the dir

cd /usr/local/opt/openblas/lib

if there is a libopenblas.dylib in this dir,

ln -sf /usr/local/opt/openblas/lib/libopenblas.dylib /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib/libRblas.dylib

sorry for my poor English...

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