I try to install gdata package with XLSX support on Centos7 in Docker image. Running command gdata::installXLSXsupport() fails.
My Dockerfile looks as follows:
FROM centos:latest
RUN yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
RUN yum install -y R
RUN yum install -y libcurl-devel
RUN yum install -y openssl-devel
RUN yum install -y libssh2-devel
RUN yum install -y libxml2-devel
RUN yum install -y perl-CPAN
RUN R -e "install.packages('gdata', repos='https://cran.rstudio.com/')"
RUN R -e "gdata::installXLSXsupport()"
Build process crashes at the last step with message:
Step 10/10 : RUN R -e "gdata::installXLSXsupport()"
---> Running in 4e15bdcd2422
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> gdata::installXLSXsupport()
Attempting to create directory /root/perl5
Warning: prerequisite Test::More 0 not found.
Tried to deactivate inactive local::lib '/root/perl5'
Use of uninitialized value $deactivating in numeric eq (==) at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/local/lib.pm line 381.
Use of uninitialized value $deactivating in numeric eq (==) at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/local/lib.pm line 383.
Use of uninitialized value $options{"interpolate"} in numeric eq (==) at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/local/lib.pm line 424.
Use of uninitialized value $options{"interpolate"} in numeric eq (==) at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/local/lib.pm line 424.
Use of uninitialized value $options{"interpolate"} in numeric eq (==) at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/local/lib.pm line 424.
Use of uninitialized value $_[0] in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/File/Basename.pm line 341.
fileparse(): need a valid pathname at /usr/share/perl5/CPAN/FirstTime.pm line 1354.
Error in gdata::installXLSXsupport() :
Unable to install Perl XLSX support libraries.
In addition: Warning message:
running command ''/usr/bin/perl' '/usr/lib64/R/library/gdata/perl/install_modules.pl'' had status 255
Execution halted
The command '/bin/sh -c R -e "gdata::installXLSXsupport()"' returned a non-zero code: 1
What may be the cause of this problem?