diff --git a/vignettes/teal-modules-general.Rmd b/vignettes/teal-modules-general.Rmd
index 6969a0695..b640cf1fd 100644
--- a/vignettes/teal-modules-general.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/teal-modules-general.Rmd
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ See [package functions / modules](https://insightsengineering.github.io/teal.mod
 ### Example application
 
 A simple application featuring the `tm_variable_browser()` module:
-```{r app, message = FALSE, results = "hide"}
+```{r app, message = FALSE, results = "hide", eval = requireNamespace("sparkline")}
 # load libraries
 library(teal.modules.general)
 library(teal.widgets)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server)
 
 ### Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("app"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("shinyapp")
diff --git a/vignettes/using-association-plot.Rmd b/vignettes/using-association-plot.Rmd
index b303ff9b7..546abd049 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-association-plot.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-association-plot.Rmd
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),
diff --git a/vignettes/using-cross-table.Rmd b/vignettes/using-cross-table.Rmd
index 73c823003..cf18c4609 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-cross-table.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-cross-table.Rmd
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),
diff --git a/vignettes/using-data-table.Rmd b/vignettes/using-data-table.Rmd
index 686f61b14..834b3b13f 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-data-table.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-data-table.Rmd
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),
diff --git a/vignettes/using-outliers-module.Rmd b/vignettes/using-outliers-module.Rmd
index 1d6ca8536..093344c99 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-outliers-module.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-outliers-module.Rmd
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),
diff --git a/vignettes/using-regression-plots.Rmd b/vignettes/using-regression-plots.Rmd
index 94c8aac14..bb81426e0 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-regression-plots.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-regression-plots.Rmd
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),
diff --git a/vignettes/using-response-plot.Rmd b/vignettes/using-response-plot.Rmd
index f8054e4c8..48634b0cc 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-response-plot.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-response-plot.Rmd
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),
diff --git a/vignettes/using-scatterplot-matrix.Rmd b/vignettes/using-scatterplot-matrix.Rmd
index c89490ad4..57b2aab5d 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-scatterplot-matrix.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-scatterplot-matrix.Rmd
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),
diff --git a/vignettes/using-scatterplot.Rmd b/vignettes/using-scatterplot.Rmd
index bd28df325..4d5e273ee 100644
--- a/vignettes/using-scatterplot.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/using-scatterplot.Rmd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ various types of datasets using the scatter plot module `tm_g_scatterplot()`:
 
 ## 1 - Load libraries
 
-```{r library, echo=TRUE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, results="hide"}
+```{r library, echo=TRUE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, results="hide", eval = requireNamespace("ggpmics") && requireNamespace("ggExtra") && requireNamespace("colourpicker")}
 library(teal.modules.general) # used to create the app
 library(dplyr) # used to modify data sets
 library(ggpmisc)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Inside this app 4 datasets will be used
 3. `ADTTE` A long data set with time to event data
 4. `ADLB` A long data set with lab measurements for each subject
 
-```{r data, echo=TRUE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, results="hide"}
+```{r data, echo=TRUE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, results="hide", eval = requireNamespace("ggpmics") && requireNamespace("ggExtra") && requireNamespace("colourpicker")}
 data <- teal_data()
 data <- within(data, {
   ADSL <- teal.modules.general::rADSL %>%
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ create an app. The data will be handed over using `teal.data::teal_data()`. The
 itself will be constructed by multiple calls of `tm_g_scatterplot()` using different
 combinations of data sets.
 
-```{r app, echo=TRUE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, results="hide"}
+```{r app, echo=TRUE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, results="hide", eval = requireNamespace("ggpmics") && requireNamespace("ggExtra") && requireNamespace("colourpicker")}
 # configuration for the single wide datasets
 mod1 <- tm_g_scatterplot(
   label = "Single wide dataset",
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ shinyApp(app$ui, app$server, options = list(height = 1024, width = 1024))
 
 ## 5 - Try it out in Shinylive
 
-```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
+```{r shinylive_url, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis', eval = requireNamespace("roxy.shinylive")}
 code <- paste0(c(
   knitr::knit_code$get("library"),
   knitr::knit_code$get("data"),