Quarto can't locate R installation with path containing special characters

[rroelz]

Bug description

When trying to use quarto on my windows pc from RStudio or powershell it can't locate my R installation, breaking with the message.

ERROR: Error executing 'C:\Users\RobinR�lz\AppData\Local\Programs\R\R-4.3.2\bin\x64\Rscript.exe': Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden. (os error 3)

Unable to locate an installed version of R.
Install R from https://cloud.r-project.org/

R has been added to the path at :C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\R\R-4.3.2\bin\x64\R.exe

Steps to reproduce

Have R installed in a location with a special character (I wasn't able to try as this is only a work pc and I can't install anything outside my user account)

quarto.cmd render test.qmd

Expected behavior

Quarto renders the document.

Actual behavior

Quarto can't locate R and doesn't render the document.

Your environment

• Windows 11 Enterprise: 22H2
• Powershell: 1.0
• RStudio: Ocean Storm" Release (4da58325, 2024-01-28) for windows
• R: version 4.3.2 (2023-10-31 ucrt) -- "Eye Holes"

Quarto check output

Quarto 1.4.549
[>] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.1.11: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.69.5: OK
      Deno version 1.37.2: OK
[>] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[>] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.4.549
      Path: C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\
      CodePage: unknown

[>] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: (not installed)
      Chromium: (not installed)

[>] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Tex:  (not detected)

(\) Checking basic markdown render....pandoc: Cannot decode byte '\xf6': Data.Text.Encoding: Invalid UTF-8 stream
[>] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[cderv]

Thanks for the report.

This could be related to other codepage-related issues

• Issue with renderring Quarto hellp.qmd file #4103
• error rendering on Windows laptop with home directory name in Chinese #8530

The other error shown seems related too

pandoc: Cannot decode byte '\xf6': Data.Text.Encoding: Invalid UTF-8 stream

Can you run the command at #4103 (comment) to check which codepage you have ?

quarto check report unknown which is unexpected by could be related to what happens in #8530

Knowing the codepage will help us reproduce.

thank you.

[cderv]

Can you also run the command for quarto check with verbose mode activitated ?

https://quarto.org/docs/troubleshooting/#verbose-mode

This will show debug log about R detection.

Thank you.

[rroelz]

I also talked with a friend later and he mentioned codepages. I've been mostly on Linux the last while so I need to get more into Windows again. I haven't tried running through Rstudio yet.

Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage" -Name ACP

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Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path "HKCU:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage" -Name ACP

Error Message:

Get-ItemPropertyValue : Der Pfad
"HKCU:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage" kann
nicht gefunden werden, da er nicht vorhanden ist.
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1
+ Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path
"HKCU:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\N ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (HKCU:\SYSTEM
   \Cu...ol\Nls\CodePage:String) [Get-ItemPropertyValue],
  ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerS
   hell.Commands.GetItemPropertyValueCommand

# The key we need 
Get-ChildItem -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage"

    Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro
    l\Nls\CodePage


Name                           Property
----                           --------
EUDCCodeRange                  932 : F040-F9FC
                               936 :
                               AAA1-AFFE,F8A1-FEFE,A140-A7A0
                               949 : C9A1-C9FE,FEA1-FEFE
                               950 : FA40-FEFE,8E40-A0FE,814
                               0-8DFE,C6A1-C8FE

Get-ChildItem -Path "HKCU:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage"

also erroring not found

# All properties available 
Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage"

10000             : c_10000.nls
10001             : c_10001.nls
10002             : c_10002.nls
10003             : c_10003.nls
10004             : c_10004.nls
10005             : c_10005.nls
10006             : c_10006.nls
10007             : c_10007.nls
10008             : c_10008.nls
10010             : c_10010.nls
10017             : c_10017.nls
10021             : c_10021.nls
10029             : c_10029.nls
10079             : c_10079.nls
10081             : c_10081.nls
10082             : c_10082.nls
1026              : c_1026.nls
1047              : c_1047.nls
1140              : c_1140.nls
1141              : c_1141.nls
1142              : c_1142.nls
1143              : c_1143.nls
1144              : c_1144.nls
1145              : c_1145.nls
1146              : c_1146.nls
1147              : c_1147.nls
1148              : c_1148.nls
1149              : c_1149.nls
1250              : c_1250.nls
1251              : c_1251.nls
1252              : c_1252.nls
1253              : c_1253.nls
1254              : c_1254.nls
1255              : c_1255.nls
1256              : c_1256.nls
1257              : c_1257.nls
1258              : c_1258.nls
1361              : c_1361.nls
20000             : c_20000.nls
20001             : c_20001.nls
20002             : c_20002.nls
20003             : c_20003.nls
20004             : c_20004.nls
20005             : c_20005.nls
20105             : c_20105.nls
20106             : c_20106.nls
20107             : c_20107.nls
20108             : c_20108.nls
20127             : c_20127.nls
20261             : c_20261.nls
20269             : c_20269.nls
20273             : c_20273.nls
20277             : c_20277.nls
20278             : c_20278.nls
20280             : c_20280.nls
20284             : c_20284.nls
20285             : c_20285.nls
20290             : c_20290.nls
20297             : c_20297.nls
20420             : c_20420.nls
20423             : c_20423.nls
20424             : c_20424.nls
20833             : c_20833.nls
20838             : c_20838.nls
20866             : c_20866.nls
20871             : c_20871.nls
20880             : c_20880.nls
20905             : c_20905.nls
20924             : c_20924.nls
20932             : c_20932.nls
20936             : c_20936.nls
20949             : c_20949.nls
21025             : c_21025.nls
21027             : c_21027.nls
21866             : c_21866.nls
28591             : C_28591.NLS
28592             : C_28592.NLS
28593             : c_28593.nls
28594             : C_28594.NLS
28595             : C_28595.NLS
28596             : C_28596.NLS
28597             : C_28597.NLS
28598             : c_28598.nls
28599             : c_28599.nls
28603             : c_28603.nls
28605             : c_28605.nls
37                : c_037.nls
38598             : c_28598.nls
437               : c_437.nls
500               : c_500.nls
50220             : c_is2022.dll
50221             : c_is2022.dll
50222             : c_is2022.dll
50225             : c_is2022.dll
50227             : c_is2022.dll
50229             : c_is2022.dll
51949             : c_20949.nls
52936             : c_is2022.dll
54936             : c_g18030.dll
55000             : c_gsm7.dll
55001             : c_gsm7.dll
55002             : c_gsm7.dll
55003             : c_gsm7.dll
55004             : c_gsm7.dll
57002             : c_iscii.dll
57003             : c_iscii.dll
57004             : c_iscii.dll
57005             : c_iscii.dll
57006             : c_iscii.dll
57007             : c_iscii.dll
57008             : c_iscii.dll
57009             : c_iscii.dll
57010             : c_iscii.dll
57011             : c_iscii.dll
708               : c_708.nls
720               : c_720.nls
737               : c_737.nls
775               : c_775.nls
850               : c_850.nls
852               : c_852.nls
855               : c_855.nls
857               : c_857.nls
858               : c_858.nls
860               : c_860.nls
861               : c_861.nls
862               : c_862.nls
863               : c_863.nls
864               : c_864.nls
865               : c_865.nls
866               : c_866.nls
869               : c_869.nls
870               : c_870.nls
874               : c_874.nls
875               : c_875.nls
932               : c_932.nls
936               : c_936.nls
949               : c_949.nls
950               : c_950.nls
AllowDeprecatedCP : 1111573537
OEMHAL            : vgaoem.fon
ACP               : 1252
OEMCP             : 850
MACCP             : 10000
PSPath            : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY
                    _LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
                    Control\Nls\CodePage
PSParentPath      : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY
                    _LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
                    Control\Nls
PSChildName       : CodePage
PSDrive           : HKLM
PSProvider        : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry

Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage"

error, not found

Lastly the output of quarto check with the debug mode on is:

Quarto version: 1.4.549
Quarto 1.4.549
[>] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
[execProcess] C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\tools\pandoc --version
[execProcess] Success: true, code: 0
      Pandoc version 3.1.11: OK
[execProcess] C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\tools\x86_64\dart-sass\sass.bat --version
[execProcess] Success: true, code: 0
      Dart Sass version 1.69.5: OK
      Deno version 1.37.2: OK
[>] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[>] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.4.549
      Path: C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\
[execProcess] reg query HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage /v ACP
      CodePage: unknown

[execProcess] cmd /c C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-safe-execfc6763d3.bat
[execProcess] Success: true, code: 0
[execProcess] Success: false, code: 1
[>] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: (not installed)
      Chromium: (not installed)

[execProcess] cmd /c C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-safe-exec26e8a8f9.bat
[execProcess] Success: false, code: 1
[execProcess] cmd /c C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-safe-execfa89ae47.bat
[execProcess] Success: false, code: 1
[>] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Tex:  (not detected)

Error loading deno-dom-native: Could not open library: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.

[execProcess] C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\tools\x86_64\dart-sass\sass.bat C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-sessionc20b11b8\e71706c2\b593b6c8.scss C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-sessionc20b11b8\e71706c2\sass\397ef2e52d54cf686e4908b90039e9db.css --style compressed --quiet --load-path=C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\share\formats\html\bootstrap\dist\scss --load-path=C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\share\formats\html\bslib\bslib-scss
(|) Checking basic markdown render....[execProcess] Success: true, code: 0
(/) Checking basic markdown render....Windows: Using code page 1252
[execProcess] C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\tools\pandoc +RTS -K512m -RTS --defaults C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-sessionc20b11b8\e71706c2\quarto-defaults4dfaa2e0.yml C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-sessionc20b11b8\e71706c2\quarto-input7772819d.md --metadata-file C:\Users\ROBINR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\quarto-sessionc20b11b8\e71706c2\quarto-metadatad5cf1eb8.yml --verbose --trace --quiet --data-dir C:\Users\RobinRölz\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\share\pandoc\datadir
(-) Checking basic markdown render....[trace] Parsed [Plain [Str "long"]] at line 1
[trace] Parsed [Plain [Str "en"]] at line 1
[trace] Parsed [Plain [Str "true"]] at line 1
[trace] Parsed [Plain [Str "1.4.549"]] at line 1
[trace] Parsed [Plain [Str "Title"]] at line 1
[trace] Parsed [Plain [Str "Table",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "contents"]] at line 1
(\) Checking basic markdown render....[trace] Parsed [] at line 5
[trace] Parsed [Header 2 ("header",[],[]) [Str "Header"]] at line 8
(|) Checking basic markdown render....pandoc: Cannot decode byte '\xf6': Data.Text.Encoding: Invalid UTF-8 stream
[execProcess] Success: false, code: 1
[>] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[cderv]

@rroelz is the quarto check log complete ?

I am interesting in the log for R (quarto check knitr) which should be part of a global quarto check. It should be after Checking basic markdown render in the log.

Thanks

[rroelz]

The checking knitr doesn't execute when calling quarto.exe check. Running it seperately setting

$env:QUARTO_LOG_LEVEL="DEBUG"

gives the following response output:

> quarto.exe check knitr
Quarto version: 1.4.549
Quarto 1.4.549
-- Searching for R binary --
Looking for 'Rscript' in QUARTO_R: undefined
Looking for 'Rscript' in R_HOME: undefined
Looking for 'Rscript' in PATH.
[execProcess] CMD /C where Rscript
(|) Checking R installation...........[execProcess] Success: true, code: 0
Found in PATH at C:\Users\RobinR�lz\AppData\Local\Programs\R\R-4.3.2\bin\x64\Rscript.exe
[execProcess] C:\Users\RobinR�lz\AppData\Local\Programs\R\R-4.3.2\bin\x64\Rscript.exe --version

++ Error while checking R binary found at C:\Users\RobinR�lz\AppData\Local\Programs\R\R-4.3.2\bin\x64\Rscript.exe
[>] Checking R installation...........(None)

      Unable to locate an installed version of R.
      Install R from https://cloud.r-project.org/

[NotebookContext]: Starting Cleanup

So it seems to find R in the path but then can't locate it because of the codepage I imagine

Just to be sure I reran quarto.exe check on debug and normal mode and it indeed does stop after [>] Checking basic markdown render....OK