I'm using conda to organize virtual environments. When I load a py3 venv in RStudio IDE, it works fine. But when I add python chunks, no output (html or pdf) is produced. E.g.
{r}
devtools::install_github("rstudio/reticulate")
reticulate::use_condaenv('bds_py3', required = T)
reticulate::py_discover_config()
Results in the desired html output showing the correct python version loading
## python: /Users/tim.daley/miniconda3/envs/bds_py3/bin/python
## libpython: /Users/tim.daley/miniconda3/envs/bds_py3/lib/libpython3.7m.dylib
## pythonhome: /Users/tim.daley/miniconda3/envs/bds_py3:/Users/tim.daley/miniconda3/envs/bds_py3
## version: 3.7.9 (default, Aug 31 2020, 07:22:35) [Clang 10.0.0 ]
## numpy: /Users/tim.daley/miniconda3/envs/bds_py3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy
## numpy_version: 1.19.2
##
## NOTE: Python version was forced by use_python function
Adding a chunk after, e.g.
{python}
from platform import python_version
print(python_version())
Then results in no html output being produced.