Cannot produce pdf from jdf-starter.Rmd about jdf HOT 1 OPEN

I'm having a similar issue, but it looks like it's with minipage:

output file: jdf-starter.knit.md

! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   (
l.198 \begin
            {minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\raggedright 

This is from the table in the jdf-starter.Rmb. If I comment out the example table, I'm able to compile the markdown

I'm able to work around this by using kable to output for my tables.

I was able to compile this with some older installations of MikTex. But with updated installations of both MikTex and TinyTex I get these errors.

from jdf.