[R] Error: pandoc version 1.12.3 or higher is required and was not found

[Marc Schwartz]

> On Sep 23, 2015, at 6:13 AM, Ryszard Czermiński <ryszard at czerminski.net> wrote:
> 
> I am trying to use R Markdown, but call to render() gives me an error:
> Error: pandoc version 1.12.3 or higher is required and was not found.
> 
> As I understand [http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/pandoc/] pandoc is a function
> defined in knitr, which I have installed and it has pandoc() function
> defined.
> 
> Looks like some version incompatibility issue, but I do not really know how
> to resolve it.
> Do I need to go to older R version to use it?
> 
> I would appreciate your help.
> 
> Best regards,
> Ryszard
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
> Running under: OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite)
> other attached packages: knitr_1.11
> [...]
> 
> Ryszard Czerminski
> 508-358-6328
> ryszard at czerminski.net
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Did you actually install pandoc?

As per the page that you link to above:

"Please follow the instructions on the Pandoc website to install it."

The link in the above sentence is:

  http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/

Regards,

Marc Schwartz