rocker/verse 4.3.1 fails base tests

[bergsmat]

Container image name

rocker/verse:4.3.1

Container image digest

rocker/verse:4.3.1@sha256:89ce46ede9a2ae243f74a7d203837ccccef88fdb21ae31830b55c58a91216d5e

What operating system are you seeing the problem on?

Windows

System information

• Docker version v20.10.12
• Windows version 10.0.190144

Bug description

I have a docker file consisting of the single line: FROM rocker/verse:4.3.1

After creating a container from the resulting image, I execute this at the Rstudio console prompt:

Sys.setenv(LC_COLLATE = "C", LC_TIME = "C", LANGUAGE = "en")
tools::testInstalledPackages(scope = "base")

per advice here.

My result is:

Testing examples for package ‘base’
Testing examples for package ‘tools’
Testing examples for package ‘utils’
Running vignettes for package ‘utils’
  Running ‘Sweave.Rnw’

*** Source Errors ***

File Sweave.R:
Running 'texi2dvi' on 'example-1.tex' failed.
LaTeX errors:
! LaTeX Error: File `fancyvrb.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

! Emergency stop.
<read *> 

l.26 \begingroup
                ^^M
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

*** Weave Errors ***

File Sweave.Rnw:
 chunk 2 
Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,  : 
  Running 'texi2dvi' on 'example-1.tex' failed.
LaTeX errors:
! LaTeX Error: File `fancyvrb.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

! Emergency stop.
<read *> 

l.26 \begingroup
                ^^M
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

Testing examples for package ‘grDevices’
Testing examples for package ‘graphics’
...
Testing examples for package ‘splines’
Testing examples for package ‘stats4’
Testing examples for package ‘tcltk’
Error: testing 'tcltk' failed

In summary, fancyvrb not found, and tcltk failed for undiagnosed reasons. Unexpected, yes?

Many thanks.

How to reproduce this bug?

• create docker image using "FROM rocker/verse:4.3.1"
• create a container from resulting image
• execute at Rstudio command prompt: Sys.setenv(LC_COLLATE = "C", LC_TIME = "C", LANGUAGE = "en")
• execute at Rstudio command prompt: tools::testInstalledPackages(scope = "base")

[eitsupi]

Thanks for your report.

tcltk failed for undiagnosed reasons. Unexpected, yes?

This is expected behavior. See #268.

[bergsmat]

I can live with the tcltk error, thanks. Any thoughts about the utils error?

[eddelbuettel]

It's a fairly standard matter of part of R expecting more obscure parts of TeXLive. If you install the required style it will render. I would consider this to be optional behavior.

[bergsmat]

I will proceed accordingly, thanks!