I’m trying to render a quarto document with a gganimate gif inside.

The simple test file I have contains only the following:

---
title: "gganimate test"
---

```{r}

library(ggplot2)
library(gganimate)

df <- data.frame(time = seq_len(10),
                 y = runif(10))

ggplot(df,aes(x=time,y=y)) +
   geom_point() +
   transition_states(time)

``` # (I had to include a slash here to show the back ticks)

When I try to render this file, I get the following error:

processing file: test.qmd
  |....................................................| 100% [unnamed-chunk-1]Error in `file()`:
! cannot open the connection
Backtrace:
  1. global .main()
  2. execute(...)
  3. rmarkdown::render(...)
  4. knitr::knit(knit_input, knit_output, envir = envir, quiet = quiet)
  5. knitr:::process_file(text, output)
     ...
 27. gganimate:::animate.gganim(...)
 28. args$renderer(frames_vars$frame_source, args$fps)
 29. gganimate:::png_dim(frames[1])
 30. base::readBin(file, n = 24L, what = "raw")
 31. base::file(con, "rb")

Quitting from lines 6-17 [unnamed-chunk-1] (test.qmd)
                                                                                                            
Execution halted

I’ve tried saving the file in a different drive, and the animation works when simply run within the R console. The document also renders when I take the animation out (i.e. remove the transition_states() line).

Any help appreciated.