tweaking envorinment so that vscode doesn't barf

apt.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ less
 # Download tools
 curl
 wget
-vim
 
 # other important system tools
 htop
@@ -16,6 +15,13 @@ perl-doc
 # Regular build tools for compiling common stuff
 build-essential
 
+# install manpages for common tools
+man
+man-db
+manpages-posix
+manpages-dev
+manpages-posix-dev
+
 # Dependencies for nbconvert
 texlive-xetex
 texlive-fonts-recommended
@@ -32,6 +38,10 @@ ruby
 
 # Other niceties for command-line work and life
 rsync
+screen
+tar
+zip
+vim
 
 # playwright deps https://jira-secure.berkeley.edu/browse/DH-325
 libnss3
@@ -57,7 +67,9 @@ openjdk-21-jre
 openjdk-21-jdk
 default-jdk
 
-# for remote desktop
+# for remote desktop + x11
+firefox
+chromium-browser
 dbus-x11
 xfce4
 xfce4-panel

environment.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ dependencies:
   - code-server==4.106.2
   - jupyter-vscode-proxy==0.7
   - jupyter-server-proxy==4.4.0
+  - websockify==0.13.0
+  - appmode==1.0.0
 
   # data science
   - datascience==0.18.1
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip:
     - jupyterlab-a11y-checker==0.2.5
     - jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy==3.0.1
+
     # useful for debugging python package issues
     - pip-tree==4.0.0
     - pipdeptree==2.28.0

postBuild

@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ for x in \
   vscjava.vscode-java-pack \
   ms-toolsai.jupyter \
   ms-python.python \
-  quarto.quarto \
   ms-vscode.live-server \
-  posit.shiny \
   ; do
     code-server --extensions-dir ${VSCODE_EXTENSIONS} --install-extension $x
 done