Modernize toolchain: drop Anaconda, add VSCodium/Miniforge/Node/Quarto

.github/workflows/smoke.yml

@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ jobs:
   build:
 
     runs-on: macOS-latest
-    
+
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Execute full install
-      run: sh mac 2>&1 | tee ~/laptop.log
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        set -o pipefail
+        sh mac 2>&1 | tee ~/laptop.log
 

README.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Debugging
 Your last Laptop run will be saved to `~/laptop.log`.
 Read through it to see if you can debug the issue yourself.
 If not, copy the lines where the script failed into a
-[new GitHub Issue](https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop/issues/new) for us.
+[new GitHub Issue](https://github.com/UCLA-DataSquad/laptop/issues/new) for us.
 Or, attach the whole log file as an attachment.
 
 What it sets up
@@ -93,13 +93,11 @@ Unix tools:
 * [Watchman] for watching for filesystem events
 * [Zsh] as your shell
 * [rlwrap] readline wrapper
-* [pandoc] markup converter
 * [tree]  lists contents of directory in a tree like structure
 * [jq] JSON parser 
 * [wget] network downloader 
 * [rclone] cloud storage data synch 
-* [awscli] amazon command line 
-* [docker] cli for containers 
+* [docker] container runtime (Docker Desktop, includes CLI + GUI)
 
 [Universal Ctags]: https://ctags.io/
 [Git]: https://git-scm.com/
@@ -109,13 +107,11 @@ Unix tools:
 [Tmux]: http://tmux.github.io/
 [Watchman]: https://facebook.github.io/watchman/
 [rlwrap]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/rlwrap
-[pandoc]: https://pandoc.org
 [tree]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/tree
 [jq]: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
 [wget]: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/wget-command-in-linux-unix/
 [rclone]: https://rclone.org
-[awscli]: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
-[docker]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/
+[docker]: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/
 
 * [GitHub CLI] for interacting with the GitHub API
 
@@ -125,26 +121,25 @@ Image tools:
 
 * [ImageMagick] for cropping and resizing images
 
-Languages: 
-
-* [R] - Base r installed via homebrew 
-* [Anaconda Python] - Python distribution for scientific computing, this is installed using the bash installer 
-
-Databases:
-
-* [Postgres] for storing relational data
-* [Redis] for storing key-value data
-
-[Postgres]: http://www.postgresql.org/
-[Redis]: http://redis.io/
+Languages and editors:
 
+* [R] - Base R installed via Homebrew
+* [RStudio] - R IDE
+* [Miniforge] - conda-forge-based Python/conda distribution (follows [The Carpentries' 2025 setup recommendation](https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/03/lesson-setup-instructions-task-force-recommendations/) to move off Anaconda)
+* [VSCodium] - Python/shell/git editor (VS Code without Microsoft branding/telemetry), also per The Carpentries' 2025 recommendation
+* [Node.js] - JavaScript runtime + npm, for working in the Astro/Jekyll/Hugo site repos across DSC (Astro/Jekyll/Hugo themselves are scaffolded per-project via `npm`/`bundler`, not installed globally)
+* [Quarto] - scientific and technical publishing system used for DSC reports, slides, and stats
 
+[R]: https://www.r-project.org/
+[RStudio]: https://posit.co/products/open-source/rstudio/
+[Miniforge]: https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge
+[VSCodium]: https://vscodium.com/
+[Node.js]: https://nodejs.org/
+[Quarto]: https://quarto.org/
 
 It should take less than 15 minutes to install (depends on your machine).
 
-
-
-See the [wiki](https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop/wiki)
+See the [wiki](https://github.com/UCLA-DataSquad/laptop/wiki)
 for more customization examples.
 
 Contributing

mac

@@ -46,19 +46,6 @@ fi
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
 append_to_zshrc 'export PATH="$HOME/.bin:$PATH"'
 
-#brew installs in /opt in apple silicon which is already available/writable by user
-#HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/opt"
-#
-#if [ -d "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX" ]; then
-#  if ! [ -r "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX" ]; then
-#    sudo chown -R "$LOGNAME:admin" /opt
-#  fi
-#else
-#  sudo mkdir "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX"
-#  sudo chflags norestricted "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX"
-#  sudo chown -R "$LOGNAME:admin" "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX"
-#fi
-
 update_shell() {
   local shell_path;
   shell_path="$(command -v zsh)"
@@ -73,23 +60,12 @@ update_shell() {
 
 case "$SHELL" in
   */zsh)
-    if [ "$(command -v zsh)" != '/usr/local/bin/zsh' ] ; then
-      update_shell
-    fi
     ;;
   *)
     update_shell
     ;;
 esac
 
-gem_install_or_update() {
-  if gem list "$1" --installed > /dev/null; then
-    gem update "$@"
-  else
-    gem install "$@"
-  fi
-}
-
 if ! command -v brew >/dev/null; then
   fancy_echo "Installing Homebrew ..."
     /bin/bash -c \
@@ -105,23 +81,11 @@ if ! command -v brew >/dev/null; then
     source ~/.zshrc
 fi
 
-if brew list | grep -Fq brew-cask; then
-  fancy_echo "Uninstalling old Homebrew-Cask ..."
-  brew uninstall --force brew-cask
-fi
-
 fancy_echo "Updating Homebrew formulae ..."
 brew update --force # https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/1151
 brew bundle --file=- <<EOF
-#tap "thoughtbot/formulae"
-tap "homebrew/services"
 tap "universal-ctags/universal-ctags"
-tap "homebrew/cask"
-tap "buo/cask-upgrade"
-tap "homebrew/core"
-tap "homebrew/bundle"
 tap "buo/cask-upgrade"
-tap "homebrew/cask-fonts"
 
 # Unix
 brew "universal-ctags", args: ["HEAD"]
@@ -139,12 +103,11 @@ brew "xz"
 brew "libxt" 
 brew "cairo"
 brew "rlwrap"
-#brew "pandoc" 
+#brew "pandoc"
 brew "tree"
 brew "jq"
 brew "wget"
 brew "rclone"
-brew "tree"
 
 # GitHub
 brew "gh"
@@ -156,18 +119,20 @@ brew "imagemagick"
 brew "libyaml" # should come after openssl
 brew "coreutils"
 
-#Programming languages 
+#Programming languages
 brew "r"
-cask "anaconda"
+brew "node" # provides node + npm; Astro/Jekyll/Hugo site tooling is scaffolded per-project via npm/bundler, not installed globally
+cask "miniforge"
 
 #apps
 cask "openrefine"
 cask "iterm2"
 #cask "firefox"
 #cask "google-chrome"
-cask "docker"
-brew "docker"
+cask "docker-desktop"
 cask "rstudio"
+cask "vscodium"
+cask "quarto"
 EOF
 
 #fancy_echo "Updating Brew Casks"
@@ -177,27 +142,9 @@ EOF
 fancy_echo "Cleaning up old Homebrew formulae ..."
 brew cleanup
 
-## Install anaconda if not already installed
-#if ! command -v conda >/dev/null; then
-#
-#    curl -s  https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2020.11-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -o anaconda3.sh
-#    #use -b to say yes to all interaction & -p prefix to put anaconda3 install in /volumne
-#    bash anaconda3.sh -b
-#    #need to add path to .zshrc.local so conda will be available on boot
-#    append_to_zshrc 'export PATH="~/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"'
-#    export PATH="~/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
-#fi
-
-#conda install -y csvkit
+fancy_echo "Setting up Miniforge conda ..."
 conda init "$(basename "${SHELL}")"
 conda update -y conda
-#conda update -y anaconda
-
-if [ -d "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/RStudio.app" ]; then
-    #install RStudio & use tool to mount and move .app to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/
-    # install nightly build to match brew path 
-    echo "yes"
-fi
 
 # uncomment if you want to create and run your own local additions to this script
 #if [ -f ".laptop.local" ]; then