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Knitting: Error: pandoc document conversion failed with error 61

Problem Our End User fails to produce html files, gets this error: Error: pandoc document conversion failed with error 61 Execution halted

TS Performed We set up the proxy for a previous error message. This previous error was:

pandoc.exe: Could not fetch \\HHBRUNA01.hq.corp.eurocontrol.int\alazarov$\R\win-library\3.5\rmarkdown\rmd\h\jquery\jquery.min.js
ResponseTimeout
Error: pandoc document conversion failed with error 67
Execution halted

For this we added "self_contained: no" to RProfile.Site> We also tried "Self_Contained: yes" .

Current Error Message

Could not fetch http://?/UNC/server.contoso.int/username$/R/win-library/3.5/rmarkdown/rmd/h/default.html
HttpExceptionRequest Request {
  host                 = ""
  port                 = 80
  secure               = False
  requestHeaders       = []
  path                 = "/"
  queryString          = "?/UNC/server.contoso.int/username$/R/win-library/3.5/rmarkdown/rmd/h/default.html"
  method               = "GET"
  proxy                = Just (Proxy {proxyHost = "pac.contoso.int", proxyPort = 9512})
  rawBody              = False
  redirectCount        = 10
  responseTimeout      = ResponseTimeoutDefault
  requestVersion       = HTTP/1.1
}
(InvalidDestinationHost "")
Error: pandoc document conversion failed with error 61
Execution halted
Solution

  • I had the same issue on Windows 10, with user path located on a network drive. 

    Could not fetch http://?/UNC/...
Error: pandoc document conversion failed with error 61

    The solution was to run R as administrator, remove the package 'rmarkdown', and reinstall it.