Error in force(expr) : Failed to generate output. Reason: Failed to open http://127.0.0.1:7080/favicon.ico (HTTP status code: 404)

[TiagoVentura]

Hi all,

I am trying to convert this simple HTML generated with Xaringan to PDF, and I need help with this error. This is a new error since I used to convert HTML using renderthis::to_pdf before, and I never got this error.

This is the xaringan file

---
title: "Presentation Ninja"
subtitle: "with xaringan"
author: "Yihui Xie"
date: "2016/12/12"
output:
  xaringan::moon_reader:
    lib_dir: libs
    nature:
      highlightStyle: github
      countIncrementalSlides: false
---

One slide.

---

Another slide.

Calling renderthis to convert to pdf

renderthis::to_pdf("test.rmd")

Error

Error in force(expr) : 
  Failed to generate output. Reason: Failed to open http://127.0.0.1:7080/favicon.ico (HTTP status code: 404)

Any help would be appreciated!

[jhelvy]

Duplicate of #77. Short story is the source of the problem is in dependencies that have yet to be fixed. #77 shows some work arounds people have found for the time being.

[jhelvy]

Temporary solution for now that worked for me:

install.packages('servr')

See more here.