jupyter.nesi.org.nz release notes 02/06/2022

Release Update - 2. June 2022

New and Improved

• Updated JupyterLab version to v3.4.2
• Updated RStudio-on-NeSI (v0.22.5): fix library path when using NeSI R package in RStudio (e.g. R-bundle-Bioconductor)
• Plotly extension re-added (missing in the previous release)
• Added papermill extension
• Updated NeSI Virtual Desktop to v2.4.1
  • Image changes
    • Update default Firefox version.
    • Update to use singularity 3.8.5.
    • Switched to rocky8 image.
    • Added chrome, strace, sview and xfce-terminal to image.
    • Added some libraries need for ANSYS
    • Added missing GLX libraries.
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixed faulty startup messages
    • Fixed entrypoint duplication issue.
    • unset SLURM_EXPORT_ENV before starting desktop.
  • Refactoring
    • Removed dependency on system vdt repo.
    • Removed faulty & unneeded bind paths.
    • Removed debug by default and hardcoded verbose.
    • replaced VDT_HOME with XDG equiv